About Seven people of paramount Chief Gawa Undi’s area have been detained for allegedly practicing Chewa Nyau traditions on the Ngoni land in Chief Nzamane’s chiefdom.
The seven Chewas have allegedly been detained by Chief Nzamane of the Ngoni people
for practicing the traditions in Msolo area.
The Zambia Police, however, today apprehended village headman Chimanga, who is
alleged to have organized the violent abduction of the seven villagers.
According to an eye witness, Matius Tembo, who reported the matter to Katete police,
headman Chimanga with his subjects violently attacked the Chewa people living in his
village forcing them to abandon their homes.
Mr Tembo alleged that the Ngonis attacked the Chewas with weapons and managed to
abduct about Seven people, who include the aged, who are now allegedly cutting trees
at Chief Nzamane’s Palace as a punishment.
He said they further burnt the Nyau ritual places and dispersed the Nyau dancers,
who were being prepared for this Saturday Kulamba ceremony in Mkaika.
He said the incident was reported to Paramount Gawa Undi, who referred the matter to
the Police.  Â
Mr Tembo, whose grand father is among the detained people called on the relevant
government authorities to intervene in the matter so that peace could be restored to
the area.
Indaba aba achewa kusoba mantha, akuyo vinila nyau mu ziko la Ngoni. Ma fumu Nzamane a chiat bwino kutuma impi kushoka vima liundi.
Shaaa!!!
What a shame to Ngonis who can’t live with their brothers from mkaika. Kodi ungoni ulipati ndithu? rethink your actions you impis!!!!
Iwe Chi Citizen kuti waya shani mukushana ifinyau pabene? Wamona filya inkweba ati ukucenjela kumo kutumpa
Whats Nzamane thinking. They always have this idea of moving out all the Chewas in mpinganjira and the surrounding villages in Kasenengwa constituency and the kundas in Jumbe area. But thats not ngoniland. Nobody there ever spoke any trace of so-called ngoni language. Its time Nzamane moved to Luangeni.
ZAKOMA ZAKOMA, PUSI ANAGWA CHAGADA!
#4 Francis
The issue is about respecting cultrual practices of the tribe in which tribal area you leave. The perfoming of nyau rituals in traditional Ngoni lands is an affront to Ngoni authority and customs. Would the Chewe tolerate or take kindly to Ngoni Impis regiments roaming in mkaika and performing Ngoni war dance.
As for the language no where do you now find pure Ngoni spoken,the langauge was lost during the fourty years of wndering under Zwangendaba. The three ngoni groups i Malawi speak Chewa and tumbuka.Mpezeni’s Ngoni in Zambia speak a hybrid of senga,nyanja and chewa.’Ngoni’s took no slaves they instead assimilated the youths and married the women.Over time the language og the women became dominant and proper Ngoni slowly died out.
Well, if you go to history the ngoni are the latest settlers in eastern zambia. But this is a contentious issue, i lived there many years. I have an aunt married to chief Chimang’a himself and he knows he cant speak ngoni. So, how do you speak lamba and dance mutomboko.
The area to the east and northeast of Sinda spanning thru chadiza, katete right upto Kasenengwa is ‘traditionally’ chewa land. The people who live there are chewa who neither speak any ngoni nor practice any ngoni culture. All the women there dance chimtali. Msoro is right in Katete.
Then you have the chiparamba-jumbe area in malambo constituency to the west you find kundas. There too, there’s no trace of ngoni language or culture. You see ngonis up north and east in Madzimawa, kazimule and further into luangeni. OSA SEBELESA GULE!
imwe bamambala, ifinyau and itupondo are one and the same. stop fighting each other otherwise i ll come and sort you out. come on!!! vimpuno kuipa.