The Mang'anja are a Bantu people of central and southern Africa, particularly around Chikwawa in the Shire River valley of southern Malawi. They speak a dialect of the Nyanja language, and are a branch of the Amaravi people. As of 1996 their population was estimated at 2,486,070.
Notable Mang'anja people
- Edward Bwanali
- Yusuf Jonas Msume
- Moses Dosi
- Sidick Mia
- Davis Kapito
- Evison Matafale
- (Peter Mpota)
- Gwanda Chakuamba
References
- "The Maravi (Nyanja) of Malawi". Orville Boyd Jenkins. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
- David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892). A cyclopaedic dictionary of the Mang'anja language: spoken in British Central Africa. Printed for the Foreign Mission Committee of the Church of Scotland. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
External links
- "Cultures - Mang'anja". Wawa Malawi Group. Retrieved 2011-03-08.