Kwangali is a traditional
Kavango kingdom in what is today
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
. Its people speak the
Kwangali language
Kwangali, or RuKwangali, is a Bantu language spoken by 85,000 people along the Kavango River in Namibia, where it is a national language, and in Angola. It is one of several Bantu languages of the Kavango which have click consonants; these are t ...
. The kingdom has a long tradition of female rulers, among them
Kanuni.
References
Rundu / Kavango in Namibia - Travel Information and Accommodation
History of Namibia
Kavango Region
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