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3 unusual facts about Lemba people


Gokomere

They may also comprise the majority of the African ancestry of the Lemba people, who claim descent from the ancient Jews via Sena in Yemen, this belief however is due to Christian influence.

Lemba people

#The old Lemba language was a dialect of Karanga – which is spoken today in the Masvingo area of Zimbabwe; (thus, the Lemba female ancestry was probably derived from the MaKaranga).

Zimbabwe Museum of Human Sciences

The museum contains the seven hundred-year-old Lemba artifact ngoma lungundu, which some believe to be an replica of the Ark of the Covenant.



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