Who are the Sena people

 

The Sena people are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group with origins in northwestern region of Mozambique , Sofala Province and Zambezia Province.[1][2] They are also found in Malawi[3] and Zimbabwe near their respective borders with Mozambique.

The Sena people's total population is around 2 million. It is estimated to be about 1.4 million in Mozambique,[4] and about 0.5 million in Malawi.[5] The Sena people in Malawi and Zimbabwe arrived from Mozambique and settled there in early 20th century as migrant laborers.[1][3]

They speak the Sena language,[6] also called Chisena or Cisena, which is part of the Bantu language family.[4][5] The Sena language has many dialects.

 

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