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	Tumbuka phrasebook - Wikitravel
		The Tumbuka language is a Bantu language which is spoken in parts of Northern Malawi, Eastern Zambia, and South-Western Tanzania.
		The language of the Tumbuka is called chiTumbuka - the 'chi' in front of Tumbuka meaning 'the language of', similar to 'ki' in kiSwahili or 'se' in seTswana.
		There are substantial differences between the form of Tumbuka spoken in urban areas (which borrows some words from Chichewa/Nyanja) and the "village" or "deep" Tumbuka spoken in villages.
	wikitravel.org /en/Tumbuka_phrasebook (548 words)

	Tumbuka (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tumbuka belongs to the Tumbuka group of Bantu (Guthrie N20) and is spoken in northern and central Malawi and the Lundazi District of Zambia.
		In Zambia, Vail reports, "while Tumbuka is recognized as a major language of the country, it is not one of its official languages.
		This means that while it may be spoken and have literature published in it, it is not used on the Zambia Broadcasting System." In Malawi, Tumbuka had its former (colonial) official status removed by government action, thereby prohibiting anything to be printed in it aside from the Bible and religious tracts.
	www.isp.msu.edu /AfrLang/language.php?id=76 (206 words)

	CHAPTER THREE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Parents chastise boys who bully their little sisters by telling them: "Who is going to cook mice for you when you grow up?" One of the traditional criteria for a boy growing to manhood was the ability to dig for and kill mice.
		Although most of this material was obtained through the field work among the Tumbuka people of the Lundazi district of the Eastern Province of rural Zambia, the customs, attitudes, practices, and cultural beliefs that surround the mice consumption in the diet apply to most of the identified tribes.
		The Tumbuka detest the house rat as dirty, carrying disease, chews at clothes and any valuable household items destroying them and has to be killed and discarded at every opportunity.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~mtembo/mbeba.html (2982 words)

	The political salience of cultural difference: Why Chewas and Tumbukas are allies in Zambia and adversaries in Malawi
		I document that, while the objective cultural differences between Chewas and Tumbukas on both sides of the border are identical, the political salience of the division between these communities is altogether different.
		In Malawi, Chewas and Tumbukas are each large groups vis-a-vis the country as a whole and, thus, serve as viable bases for political coalition-building.
		In Zambia, Chewas and Tumbukas are small relative to the country as a whole and, thus, not useful to mobilize as bases of political support.
	repositories.cdlib.org /postprints/555 (286 words)

	People and Culture of Malawi - Africa
		Tumbuka are found mainly in the north of the country.
		Of the other languages spoken in Malawi, Tumbuka is spoken by about 500,000 people in the north, and Yao is spoken by about 600,000 people in the south.
		Common musical instruments found include drums, the mambilira, (which is similar to the western xylophone) rattles of different types and sizes, shakers which are tied to dancers' legs and arms and are often know as maseche.
	www.africaguide.com /country/malawi/culture.htm (495 words)

	Tumbuka
		History: The Tumbuka people are made up of a number of groups who have entered northern Malawi over the past 500 to 800 years.
		As other groups arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from the north and northwest, they settled among the Tumbuka people taking on their language and culture.
		Education is strong in the Malawi part of the region but many of the graduates leave the north for jobs in central and southern Malawi.
	cesa.imb.org /peoplegroups/tumbuka.htm (698 words)

	New Page 1
		Originally, Tumbuka people come from the Northern region of the country but the Tumbuka women that were interviewed lived in the city of Lilongwe because of their husbands' or parents' search for employment.
		The three ethnic groups selected represent the Northern, Central and Southern regions of the country: the Tumbuka in the North, the Ngoni in the Central and the Yao in the South.
		Furthermore, this sample of women originating from all regions of the country enriched the data as the details given by the women, although similar in many instances, were also quite diverse.
	members.tripod.com /lmkandawire/Methodology.htm (788 words)

	Edinburgh Festivals - Tumbuka Dance Company (Site not responding. Last check: )
		THAT Tumbuka is in Edinburgh at all is a minor miracle.
		Tumbuka was initially set up as an outreach project for underprivileged youngsters, and has since gone on to become one of Africa's finest exponents of contemporary dance.
		Literally translated to mean blossom or flower, Tumbuka is living proof that vibrant life can flourish in the most inhospitable of soils.
	www.edinburgh-festivals.com /reviews.cfm?id=1765632005&genre=Dance (383 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:tum
		Northern Province, west shore of Lake Malawi, south of the Ngonde, north of the Tonga and Ngoni.
		Most Ngoni in Malawi speak Tumbuka or Chewa.
		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, N, Tumbuka (N.20)
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=tum (111 words)

	CHAPTER ONE
		The Chewa, Tumbuka, and Ngoni of Eastern Zambia and Malawi call it sima or nsima, the Bemba of Northern Zambia call it ubwali, the Tonga of Southern Zambia call it Insima and Lozi of Western Zambia call it Buhobe.
		In the minds of the Tumbuka people, and indeed in the minds of the majority of Zambians, this particular incident vividly reaffirmed the significance of nshima in the lives and diet of the people.
		Among the Tumbuka of Eastern Zambia it is known as dende, among the Ngoni and Chewa of Malawi and Eastern Zambia
	www.bridgewater.edu /~mtembo/nshimachapter1.htm (7099 words)

	Tumbuka
		History: The Tumbuka people are made up of a number of groups who have entered northern Malawi over the past 500 to 800 years.
		As other groups arrived in the 17th and 18th centuries from the north and northwest, they settled among the Tumbuka people taking on their language and culture.
		Education is strong in the Malawi part of the region but many of the graduates leave the north for jobs in central and southern Malawi.
	www.imb.org /Southern-Africa/peoplegroups/tumbuka.htm (698 words)

	Peace Blend - Third Way Cafe - Mennonite Media
		Among the Tumbuka tribe there is a concept that both explains and provides answers as to why the Europeans and especially Americans are hated today: kukomola.
		Such a man among the Tumbuka is said to be in a state of kuzama which is a severe condition of starvation.
		Kukomola is a Tumbuka verb which is derived from a specific physical pain a person endures when they are accidentally scalded with boiling water.
	www.thirdway.com /Peace/story.asp?S_ID=63 (861 words)

	Our dying languages (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Some have, as in every census, doubted the accuracy of the statistics, saying the enumerators simply asked the tribe of the respondents and assumed they could speak the language of their tribe.
		The real challenge is that while Tumbuka, for example, is spoken in Blantyre, Chilomwe, a language close to the commercial city, is rarely spoken there.
		But the Synod is not a custodian of Tumbuka culture which is supposed to be carried by the language.
	www.nationmalawi.com /print.asp?articleID=14312 (1147 words)

	International - Janet's Jotter (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To be the first person to have a copy of the Tumbuka New Testament in Braille is a real privilege.
		The Tumbuka speaking blind people have longed to be able to read the Bible for themselves.
		Tumbuka is mainly spoken in Mzuzu City, and the districts of Chitipa, Karonga and Mzimba of Malawi.
	www.torchtrust.org /international/International-MalawiWeblogApr2006.htm (2394 words)

	Friedson, Steven M.: Dancing Prophets
		For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are saturated with music.
		Tumbuka healers diagnose diseases by enacting divination trances in which they "see" the causes of past events and their consequences for patients.
		Music is the structural nexus where healer, patient, and spirit meet—it is the energizing heat that fuels the trance, transforming both the bodily and social functioning of the individual.
	www.press.uchicago.edu /cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/13061.ctl (206 words)

	TUMBUKA!!!
		He was so impressed with the energy and commitment of the student dancers that he proposed a company be formed, and indicated that he would be prepared to come to Zimbabwe to head the company.
		Tumbuka, a Shona word meaning ‘to bloom or to flower’, provided the inspiration for the company which, less than a year after its formation, received the Johannesburg Dance Umbrella Festival’s first standing ovation in its five year history.
		To perform with excellence to the widest possible audience and to retain Tumbuka’s uniquely contemporary Zimbabwean image on the international dance circuit.
	www.drh-movement.org /Articel.asp?NewsID=210 (381 words)

	Healing Powers of Music --page 6
		In Africa, the dream state of the Tumbuka was studied by Steven Friedson: "Dreams do not have the same ontological status for the Tumbuka that they have for those of us in the West whose perceptions of the psyche have been shaped by depth psychologies.
		For the Tumbuka, there is no sharp demarcation between the reality of waking consciousness and the reality of dreams.
		The Tumbuka healers are called nchimi (prophet), and they must be possessed by vimbuza spirits in order to be effective as a healer.
	pw1.netcom.com /~verlene/healing6.html (1574 words)

	MarimbaMusic.org - African Inspired Marimba Music Community
		Tumbuka, from what I’m told, gives you that feeling of being in Africa - without ever leaving the New Mexico desert.
		The 2007 dates for Camp Tumbuka are Wednesday May 30 - Monday June 4th 2007.
		Camp Tumbuka takes place at the Synergia Ranch in the heart of New Mexico and focuses on Marimba, Mbira, Song, Dance, and Drum of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.
	marimbamusic.org (1329 words)

	Vimbuza
		Vimbuza, a healing dance popular among the Tumbuka people living in northern Malawi, is an important manifestation of the institution of ng’oma, a healing complex found throughout Bantu-speaking Africa.
		For the Tumbuka, vimbuza is both artistic production and therapeutic approach and is regarded as a useful complement in cases where other forms of medical treatment do not prove successful.
		Its continually expanding repertoire of songs, complex drumming tradition and the virtuosity of the dancing are all part of the rich cultural heritage of the Tumbuka.
	www.unesco.org /culture/intangible-heritage/21afr_uk.htm (399 words)

	Tumbuka Bibles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tumbuka (aka ChiTumbuka) is a language of Malawi (Africa).
		You can purchase the Tumbuka New Testament on audio cassette from Faith Comes By Hearing.
		For information on the availability of the Tumbuka Bible in print, please contact the Bible Society in Malawi.
	www.ethnicharvest.org /bibles/tumbuka.htm (113 words)

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		Botne, Robert (1993) Differenciating the auxiliaries -ti and -va in Tumbuka (N.21).
		Elmslie, W. (1---) Grammar of the Tumbuka language.
		Vail, H. (1972) Aspects of the Tumbuka Verb.
	www.albany.edu /~lb527/Tumbuka.html (144 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of the traditional birth attendants, a community connection who was Tumbuka, was asked to identify four other Tumbuka women.
		The interviews conducted with these four women and the Tumbuka traditional birth attendant were conducted in the traditional birth attendant's home.
		The other Tumbuka Traditional birth attendant who served as one of the key informants was identified by a community connection who is an elder in one of the Presbyterian churches in Lilongwe.
	members.tripod.com /lmkandawire/Identification.htm (210 words)

	PC(USA) - Mission Connections - Letter
		Well, my Tumbuka is limited, but I had never heard that word, so I asked.
		He explained the manual foot pedal has to be pumped like a bicycle, and as there is no Tumbuka word to pump, the English word is modified.
		This brought laughter, as it is the same verb as “to feed”, and the table did not look hungry.
	www.pcusa.org /missionconnections/letters/sommersm/sommersm_0607.htm (1443 words)

	Tumbuka: Nhinhi, Assembly@St George's West, Edinburgh - ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But the company made it, and, on its UK debut, Tumbuka is presenting a dance programme, Nhinhi, and a sister show, Sing!
		Tumbuka, a Shona word meaning to blossom or flower, began as an outreach programme for underprivileged Zimbabweans.
		Now it flourishes with, on this occasion, a vividly choreographed show for seven men and two women, drawing on a fusion of traditional African styles, graceful classical shapes and contemporary movements.
	enjoyment.independent.co.uk /theatre/reviews/article305414.ece (451 words)

	Tumbuka mythology - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		The Tumbuka are an ethnic group living in Malawi.
		Tumbuka, like most African languages, has a lot of myths that constitute its cultural heritage.
		In Tumbuka, there are a lot of myths whose main objective was to help in bringing up children in an acceptable manner as well as entertainment.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Tumbuka_mythology (191 words)

	eNewsletter
		The Tumbuka live in the northern Malawi and in eastern Zambia.
		The Tumbuka people group is made up of a mixture of people who entered this region over the last 500 to 800 years.
		Chitumbuka is the heart language for the Tumbuka.
	www.thetask.org /students/eNewsletters/Spring00_10.htm (540 words)

	The Nsenga People of Mozambique -- A Cultural Profile
		Other Nsenga (or Senga) groups in Zambia speak a Senga dialect of the common Chewa (Nyanja) language spoken by their neighbouring ethnic groups or a dialect of the Tumbuka language.
		The Nsenga people in Mozambique are located in Western Mozambique along the border with Zambia, north of the Zambezi, and close to the Zambia-Zimbabwe line on the river.
		The Ethnologue comments that the speech of the Nsenga differs from the Senga dialect of Tumbuka in Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania.
	orvillejenkins.com /profiles/nsenga.html (779 words)

	Tumbuka - PanAfriL10n
		Tumbuka belongs to the Tumbuka group of Bantu (Guthrie N20).
		It is spoken in northern and central Malawi and the Lundazi District of Zambia.
		Kamwendo (2004) gives some history and current perspectives on use of Tumbuka.
	www.panafril10n.org /wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Tumbuka (384 words)

	Panjea - Camp Tumbuka 2004
		We are pleased to invite you to the eighth annual
		Camp Tumbuka takes place at the Synergia Ranch in the heart of New Mexico and focuses on Marimba, Mbira, Song, Dance, and Drum of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.
		MAIL (check payable to Camp Tumbuka) to the address on the form.
	www.panjea.org /tumbuka.htm (609 words)

	Memorial Minute -- H. Leroy Vail
		At a (later famous) congress of African historians in Dar es Salaam in 1965 Terence Ranger had declared a new scholarly agenda, independence from colonial conceptualizations, primacy of African perspectives.
		In 1967-68 Vail began his research in northern Malawi, among the proud, "dispossessed," "atrociously" (his words) exploited Tumbuka people, learning their language and perspectives.
		In 1971 he published his first article, "The Noun Classes of Tumbuka." By then Tumbuka elders judged that not even the Livingstonia mission's legendary founder had spoken their language as well as Vail did.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2000/06.15/vail.html (914 words)

	Dixon Baptist Association: Home: Our Missionaries (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We and the Tumbuka people rely heavily on your prayers.
		On the IMB website, we have a "foder" for the Tumbuka people where prayer requests are listed monthly.
		If you are interested in praying in additional ways for the Tumbuka peole, please go to www.imb.org/compassionnet.
	www.mobaptist.org /dixonbaptistassociation/article-1999948400c-1998743124.htm (417 words)

	Research Magazine 2006 - The University of North Texas
		In contrast, her colleague Steven M. Friedson, professor and coordinator of ethnomusicology at UNT, has done extensive, ground-breaking fieldwork in Africa as part of his research on music and its role in African healing practices, which he describes as medico-religious systems.
		He has immersed himself in the cultures of the Tumbuka people of Malawi in southeastern Africa and more recently the Ewe-speaking peoples of Ghana in western Africa.
		In examining music and trance, or altered states of consciousness, and their use in traditional African healing and religious ceremonies, Friedson emphasizes that he is not taking a Western medical viewpoint.
	www.unt.edu /untresearch/cultural.htm (1433 words)

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