The Senga (also known as Tumbukas) are a
Tumbuka group of people found in
Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...
specifically in Chama District.
Their predominant and primary language is
Chitumbuka language.
Together with the Yombes and Malawi Tongas, the Sengas are one of the largest groups of the Tumbuka peoples.
Origins
Donald Fraser who visited part of Senga land in 1897 takes the view that the Senga are mainly Tumbuka and with a small number of partly of Bisa origin.
Politics
Leaders
Among the Tumbuka, political hierarchy is senior chief, chief, group headman (headman over more than one village) and the village headman.
Language
All Sengas speak
Chitumbuka language
and ''Senga'' being sub group itself.
References
Bantu peoples
Ethnic groups in Zambia
{{Ethnic groups in Zambia