Ndebele

Japanese: Ndebele

… Modern African art is overwhelmingly dominated by sculpture, and is of superior quality, compared with painting. However, there are also tribes such as the Dogon, who paint rock art, the Igbo and Songhai, who paint murals on the mud walls of their dwellings, and the Ndebele of South Africa, who show exceptional artistic talent by painting richly colored pictures on the walls and enclosures of their houses. In general, artistic activity is more prevalent among the agricultural peoples of West and Central Africa, and less prevalent in East and Southern Africa. …

From Zimbabwe

…The annual variation becomes larger the further southwest you go, but the average is highest at over 1200mm in the eastern mountains, 800-900mm in the northeastern part of the High Belt, 500-600mm in the southwest, and the lowest at 300-400mm in the Limpopo lowlands. [Toya Hiroshi]
[Residents, Society]
The Shona, a Bantu ethnic group, make up the majority of the population at 70%, followed by the Ndebele at 16%. The white population has declined but still accounts for about 1% of the total, and there are also a small number of Asians living there.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Ndebele" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…　アフリカの近代の美術は，絵画に比べ，彫刻の方が圧倒的に多く，質的にもすぐれている。しかし，岩面画を描くドゴン族や，住居の土壁に壁画を描くイボ族，ソンガイ族のほか，南アフリカのヌデベレNdebele族のような，家の壁や塀に極彩色の絵を描いて非凡な絵画的才能を示す部族もいる。概して，美術活動は西および中央アフリカの農耕民において盛んで，東および南アフリカでは比較的低調である。…

【ジンバブウェ】より

…年による変動が南西へいくほど大きくなるが，平均は東部山地の1200mm以上を最多に，ハイ･ベルトの北東部で800～900mm，南西部で500～600mm，最少のリンポポ低地で300～400mmである。【戸谷洋】
［住民，社会］
　バントゥー系のショナ族Shonaが70％の多数を占め，そのほかヌデベレ(ンデベレ)族Ndebeleが16％を占める。白人の人口は減少したが，なお約1％を占め，アジア人も少数だが居住している。…

※「Ndebele」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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