Chewa
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- noun
- The Chewa are primarily farmers who grow mainly corn and raise some livestock as well.
- Chewa cosmology
- Chewa society
- Chewa people
Examples
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Bobo Yosiya offered me the first glimpses into local village life and the Nyau, a secretive society of the Chewa people.
Academic text (2007) -
Among the Chewa, only women make pots, and potters live together in communities of sisters, mothers, and aunts.
Academic text (2007) -
Unfortunately, I have not been able to obtain an answer to this question from the Chewa themselves.
Academic text (1993) -
Living in the Chewa community, all the women are initiated in female knowledge.
Academic text (2007) -
Children, who belong to the mother in Chewa society, are taught when they are very young to eat only from their own mother's pot.
Academic text (2007) -
The basis of the Chewa social system is the matrilineage.
Academic text (1993) -
To shape the pot, she uses various tools whose qualities have associations in Chewa cosmology.
Academic text (2007) -
Initiation among the Chewa does not include circumcision.
Academic text (2007) -
Almost all Chewa in Zambia are under the authority of a paramount chief called the Karonga Gawa Undi.
Academic text (1993) -
The Chewa are known for their rich cultural traditions and colorful ceremonies.
Synonyms
A person of the Chewa people living in Malawi and nearby countries
A person from an ethnic group in Malawi, eastern Zambia, and northern Zimbabwe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chewa comes from the name the people use for themselves in a Bantu language. The language is often called Chichewa, where the Chi- part means 'language of', so Chewa names both the people and their language and helps you remember they are a group from Malawi, eastern Zambia, and northern Zimbabwe.