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...his position. Unlike some of them he inherits from his maternal uncle (a [[matrilineal]] system). While these clans in Zambia are matrilineal in nature, the same tribes which are based in Malawi have a patrilineal lin

...together with the Bemba form a closely related ethnolinguistic cluster of matrilineal-matrifocal agriculturalists known as the Bemba-speaking peoples of Zambia. ...came the keeper of the grove, and received the title Shimwalule, which his matrilineal descendants inherited. However, Nkole had sent out a party to raid cattle f

...eople are divided into a number of exogamous clans and the clan descent is matrilineal. The Lambas may be described as hunting agriculturists. Physically, they ar

The Chokwe are traditionally a matrilineal society, but where the woman moves to live with her husband's family after

...rule but this was not according to Mbunda tradition which required that a matrilineal nephew be picked for the Chieftainship. This contrast grew so sharp that th