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== The Hungwe Nation == Hungwe people are a tribe found across Southern Africa and believed to be the earliest Bantu-speaking inhabitants of modern day areas south of the Zambezi River and stretching to the Limpopo basin and whose arrival was only preceded by the San and Khoi Khoi. To this day, Hungwe people remain connected by the common bond of the Fish Eagle totem which transcends tribal, linguistic, cultural and geographical boundaries. The Hungwe people can be classified as tribal grouping that is characterized by inter-marriage and assimilation into other tribes over centuries. Today, Hungwe people are associated the main tribal and linguistic groupings of Karanga (Hungwe; Shiri), Kalanga (Nyoni), Ndebele (Nyoni), Ndau (Mutisi), Nambiya and Tonga (Nyoni) and Chikunda (Marunga/Malunga). Descendants of the Hungwe tribe are today found geographically concentrated in Somabhula, Filabusi, Mberengwa and Gwanda areas where they speak Ndebele; Masvingo, Shurugwi and Zvishavane areas where they speak chiKaranga, Plumtree, Bulilima and Mangwe areas where they speak Chikalanga, the Zambezi Valley areas of Hwange, Binga and Dande where they speak ChiNambiya and Chitonga; and the Chipinge and Chimanimani areas in the east of Zimbabwe where they speak chiNdau. Beyond the borders of Zimbabwe, Hungwe descendants are believed to be found among the BaVenda in South Africa, BaKalanga in Botswana, BaTonga in Zambia, and vaNdau, Manyika and Shangaan and Chikunda in Mozambique, Zambia and Malawi. The Hungwe ancestors are believed to have originated from a mythical place known as Guruuswa, believed to be north of the Zambezi River just south of Lake Tanganyika. The earliest phase of the Bantu migration saw the Hungwe people setting up the earliest kingdom in southern Africa under the leadership of one Hungwe with its capital city at Mapungubwe, just south of the Limpopo River. They lived side-by-side the Khoi-khoi and the San people who had lived in southern Africa for centuries. According to Hungwe mythology, taken down by ethnologist,〔Leo Viktor Frobenius〕 in olden times, a poverty-stricken people known as the Dziva were dwelling on a mountain. They ate food raw because their chief, Madziva, had lost the fire that his daughters kept in a sealed horn containing oil. Hunters from the north, the Hungwe's ancestors, came into the land. They had fire and ritually smoked a pipe to sustain their magical force. Their chief gave fire to Madziva, married his daughter, and Hungwe became the first "king" (mambo). Many people united around him, and even Madziva became his servant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hungwe tribe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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