Kanongesha-Lunda people

The Kanongesha-Lunda (also called the Western Lunda) are an ethnic group living mainly in the North-Western Province of Zambia under Senior Chief Kanongesha, around the provincial capital Mwinilunga.

They are descended from the Lunda people of the Lunda Kingdom and are closely related to Lunda people in Angola and DR Congo who all speak Chilunda. They are also related to the Kazembe-Lunda or Eastern Lunda, but the latter speak Chibemba.

References

World Culture Encyclopedia: Lunda website accessed 16 April 2007.

Ethnic groups in Zambia

Bemba Bwile Chewa Chokwe Kafwe Twa Kanongesha-Lunda Kunda Lamba Lambya Lovale Lozi Lukanga Twa Lunda Lungu Mambwe Mbunda Mwanga Ndwandwe Ngoni Nkoya Nsenga Nyiha Senga Subiya Tokaleya Tonga Tumbuka White Zambians Yombe

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