Tonga People of Zambia and Zimbabwe - The Tonga of Zimbabwe

The Tonga of Zimbabwe

The BaTonga people of Zimbabwe are found in and around the Binga District, Binga village the Kariba area, and other parts of Matabeleland. They number up to 300,000 and are mostly subsistence farmers. ln Zimbabwe the language of the Tonga people is called chitonga.


The Tonga People are settled along the lake kariba after the constraction of of the kariba Dam Wall. The stratch from Chirundu, Kariba town, Mola,Binga to Vicfalls.Like any other tribes in Zimbabwe, the educated ones relocates to to inner city for search of jobs and better education. In the named places, we found different tribes in Zimbabwe socialising together.

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