Karanga people

Japanese: カランガ族 - からんがぞく
Karanga people

… [Ken Akasaka]
【history】
The native inhabitants were the San (Bushmen), but from around the 7th century, Bantu African tribes migrated south from the north and settled there. Around the 14th century, the Monomotapa Kingdom (Mwene Mutapa) of the Karanga people, a part of the Shona people, ruled a large territory spanning what is now Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The Monomotapa Kingdom prospered through gold trade with the Arabs, who settled on the coast.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Karanga people" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【赤阪 賢】
【歴史】
 原住民はサン(ブッシュマン)であるが,7世紀ころよりバントゥー系のアフリカ人諸部族が北方より南下し定住した。14世紀ころにはショナ族の一部のカランガ族Karangaのモノモタパ王国(ムウェネ・ムタパMwene Mutapa)が,現在のモザンビークとジンバブウェにまたがる広い領土を支配した。モノモタパ王国はアラブとの金交易で繁栄し,海岸部にはアラブが定着した。…

※「カランガ族」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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