Ovimbundu
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The Ovimbundu are a large ethnic group of traders, farmers and herders who live on the Bié Plateau of central Angola, Africa. They speak both Portuguese and the Bantu language of Umbundu. As the largest people group in Angola, they presently make up around 40 percent of the country's population. Many Ovimbundu claim Christianity as their religion however many still retain practices from African Traditional Religions. The Ovimbundu were a main force behind the UNITA rebel army. Huambo and Kuito, the two main cities of Ovimbundu territory were completely destroyed in the bloody civil war during the years of 1992-1994.
[edit] Further reading
- Heywood, Linda. (2000). Contested Power in Angola, 1840s to the Present. (A scholarly political history of the Ovimbundu).
