Ovimbundu

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

The Ovimbundu are an ethnic group consisting of traders, farmers, and herders who live on the Bié Plateau of central Angola. They speak both Portuguese and the Bantu language of Umbundu. As the largest ethnic group in Angola, they make up 37 percent of the country's population.[1] Many Ovimbundu follow Christianity; however, some still retain practices from African traditional religions.

The Ovimbundu were a main force behind the UNITA rebel army. Huambo and Kuito, the two largest cities of Ovimbundu territory, were completely destroyed in the bloody Angolan Civil War between 1992 and1994.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Angola. World Factbook Online. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.

[edit] Further reading

  • Heywood, Linda. (2000). Contested Power in Angola, 1840s to the Present. (A scholarly political history of the Ovimbundu).

[edit] External links

 This article about an ethnic group in Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../o/v/i/Ovimbundu.html"