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Ovambo / Wendi Haugh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haugh, Wendi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ovambo (African people)--Social conditions.
- Ovambo (African people).
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 2022.
- Summary:
- The Ovambo are matrilineal people living in north-central Namibia and south-central Angola. They speak a variety of languages, collectively known as Oshiwambo, part the Southern Bantu group. Traditionally, Oshiwambo-speakers resided in scattered, palisaded homesteads within independent polities led either by a monarch or popularly-chosen community heads, but shared religious practices and an agro-pastoral subsistence pattern.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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