Mambo (title)
Mambo (pl. Madzimambo) is a Bantu title roughly equivalent to "king" or "emperor".[1]: 18 [2]: 348 It is most closely associated with the precolonial Shona states, such as the Rozvi and Mutapa empires. Madzimambo often also fulfilled religious duties as sacred kings.[3]: 135 In the Mutapa Empire, chiefs subordinate to the emperor sometimes desired to be referred to as madzimambo, though the title was reserved for the emperor.[1]: 18 In the Maravi Empire, mambo became a title for junior leaders.[4][page needed]
Nowadays, in Shona mambo can be used as a respectful form of address.[5]: 637
References
[edit]- 1 2 Mudenge, S. I. G. (1988). "Introduction: The Shona Environment, the Socio-Economic Organisation and Historical Identity". A Political History of Munhumutapa, c. 1400–1902. Zimbabwe Publishing House. ISBN 0949932302.
- ↑ Sibanda, F.; Chitando, E.; Konyana, E. G.; Humbe, B. P. (2025-05-16). Law, Religion and Leadership in Africa. African Sun Media. ISBN 978-1-991260-88-8.
- ↑ Lipschutz, Mark R.; Rasmussen, R. Kent (1986). Dictionary of African historical biography. Internet Archive. Berkeley : University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05179-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ↑ Chondoka, Yizenge; Bota, Frackson F. (2015-12-16). A History of the Tumbuka from 1400 to 1900. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4990-9628-6.
- ↑ Keppel-Jones, Arthur (1983). Rhodes and Rhodesia: The White Conquest of Zimbabwe 1884-1902. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-0534-6.
