Ovambo

British  

/ ɔːˈvambɔː, əʊˈvæmbəʊ /

noun

1. a member of a mixed Khoikhoi and Negroid people of southern Africa, living chiefly in N Namibia: noted for their skill in metal work

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

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Example Sentences

Swapo is dominated by the country’s main ethnic group, the Ovambo.

From New York Times

The fear is that any benefits from a government-to-government deal may go partly to communities that never suffered in the genocide, such as the Ovambo, now Namibia's largest ethnic group.

From BBC

Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo was born on Aug. 22, 1924, in a village near Ondangwa, in northern Namibia, an area known as Ovamboland after the territory’s biggest ethnic group, the Ovambo.

From New York Times

The Herero and Nama are minorities in a nation led since independence by the liberation party, the South West Africa People’s Organization, or Swapo, which is dominated by the Ovambo ethnic group.

From New York Times

But it is dominated by the country’s main ethnic group, the Ovambo, and critics contend that it showed little interest in bringing up the genocide against the Herero and Nama.

From New York Times