Shona , Mashona - a people living mainly in Zimbabwe , as well as in neighboring areas of Mozambique . Sean is spoken in the Sean language, which belongs to the Bantu language group of the Benue-Congolese family of the Niger-Kordofan macro-family of languages. Most Shona adhere to Christianity ( Protestants , Catholics ), the rest profess traditional beliefs ( cult of ancestors , cult of the forces of nature). Sean reached a high level of development long before the advent of Europeans - they played a leading role in creating the culture of Zimbabwe and the political union of Monomotap . The main traditional occupation is agriculture (millet, corn, sorghum , legumes), and partly cattle breeding .
| Sean | |
|---|---|
| Abundance and area | |
| Total: 13 million | |
 Mozambique 2 million | |
| Tongue | Shona , English , Portuguese |
| Religion | Protestantism , Catholicism , Traditional Beliefs |
| Related peoples | Bantu peoples |
The kinship account is patrilineal; a number of groups maintain a matrilineal account of kinship. Polygamy has traditionally been widespread.
Served as an eponym for the asteroid (1467) Mashon [1] .
Famous Representatives
- Robert Mugabe - Prime Minister (1980-1987) and President of Zimbabwe (1987-2017).
- Melanie Tandive "Tandy" Newton is an actress.
Notes
Literature
- Mashona // Magnitogorsk - Medusa. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1954. - S. 580. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 vols.] / Ch. Ed. B. A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, vol. 26).
- Ksenofontova N.A. Mashon. Traditional social ties in the community, in the book: Social Structures of Pre-Colonial Africa, M., 1970 (bibl.).
- Ksenofontova N.A. Shona // Peoples and religions of the world / Chapters. ed. V.A. Tishkov . M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 1999. S.643-644.