The Tsonga people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily native to Southern Mozambique and South Africa. They speak Xitsonga, a Southern Bantu language.
A very small number of Tsonga people are also found in Zimbabwe and Northern Eswatini. The Tsonga people of South Africa share some history with the Tsonga people of Southern Mozambique, and have similar cultural practices, but differ in the dialects spoken.
Tsonga wooden headrest
Tsonga globular pot, collected c. 1900
Tsonga women perform the xibelani dance.
Senior n'angas relax and celebrate after an initiation dedicated to the Ndau spirit.
The Bantu peoples are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to 24 countries spread over a vast area from Central Africa to Southeast Africa and into Southern Africa.
Reconstructing the dispersal of Bantu-speaking populations.
Unmarried Zulu women in Southern Africa