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Ngoni, Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania
Ngoni, Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania
The Ngoni dispersed from Zululand in the early 1800s during the Shaka Zulu wars and settled in different modern countries of Southern and East Africa. They practice a variety of religions including Christianity, ancestral traditions, and Islam.
Video: Traditional Nc'wala ceremony of the Ngoni tribe
Video: "Lamb of God" hymn in Tumbuka, a language of the Ngoni, translated with English and Tumbuka lyrics
Video: Gloria in Tumbuka
Prayer and Sacrifice for the Wellness of a Sick Child
Prayer and Sacrifice for the Wellness of a Sick Child
O thou Gumede!
O thou Mputa!
O thou great chief!
Here is your beast.
That your child may be healed,
Look on what is yours.
May you remain well
And your child recover.
We do not know,
We do not know,
If you say that she will die,
She is yours, this child of yours.
It is your affair.
As for us, we long that your child may recover.
If she dies, this child of yours,
We can only speak your names.
We cry to you for her.
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