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Mozambique ǀ Southeast African ǀ African
The Mozambique population data represent DNA samples from 110 unrelated individuals from the officially named Republic of Mozambique (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/7035.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique). For more details on the Mozambecan population, see http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/395363/Mozambique/43968/People; http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/world/mozambique/mozpeop.htm; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Mozambique, and http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Mozambique.html.
The Mozambican population data represent DNA samples from 92 individuals in southeast Africa from the Republic of Mozambique. Samples were obtained by Portugal’s Institute of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra, and by Spain’s Institute of Legal Medicine of Santiago de Compostela. From http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/7035.htm:
“Mozambique's major ethnic groups encompass numerous subgroups with diverse languages, dialects, cultures and histories. Many are linked to similar ethnic groups living in neighboring countries. The north-central provinces of Zambezia and Nampula are the most populous, with about 45 percent of the population. The estimated 4 million Makhuwa are the dominant group in the northern part of the country. The Sena and Ndau are prominent in the Zambezi valley, and the Tsonga and Shangaan dominate in southern Mozambique. Despite the influence of Islamic coastal traders and European colonizers, the people of Mozambique have largely retained an indigenous culture based on small-scale agriculture. Mozambique's most highly developed art forms are wood sculpture --for which the Makonde in northern Mozambique are particularly renowned-- and dance.”
For more details on Mozambique and its population, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Africans;
http://www.embamoc-usa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=70;
http://worldfacts.us/Mozambique.htm; http://www.mapsofworld.com/mozambique/;
http://www.everyculture.com/Ma-Ni/Mozambique.html; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13890416; http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/mz.htm; http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Mauritania-to-Nigeria/Mozambique.html;
http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Mauritania-to-Nigeria/Mozambicans.html, and
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/countries/Mozambique.html.
Following is a list of the people groups in Mozambique, and links to further details. A map of ethnic groups is at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/mozambique_ethnic_1973.jpg.
Chopi (Lengue) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopi_people
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11368&rog3=MZ
Koti (Angoche, Angoxe, Ekoti) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angoche_Sultanate
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=12812&rog3=MZ
Kunda (Chicunda, Chikunda, Cikunda, Seba) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunda_people
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=12852&rog3=MZ
Lolo (Elolo, Ilolo) http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=18840&rog3=MZ
Lomwe (Acilowe, Alomwe, Chilowe, Cilowe, Elomwe, Ilomwe, Ingulu, Lomue, Mihavani,
Mihawani, Ngulu, Nguru, Walomwe) http://www.sim.org/index.php/content/lomwe
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=13101&rog3=MZ
Makhuwa (Makhuwana, Makua, Makuana) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makua_people
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=18875&rog3=MZ
Makonde (Matambwe, Wamakonde, Wamatambwe)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makonde_people
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Makonde.html
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=13427&rog3=MZ
Makwe (Kimakwe, Macue, Palma) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makwe_people
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=13429&rog3=MZ
Mwani (Ibo, Muwame, Quimuane) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwani_language
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=13902&rog3=MZ
Ndau, Shona (Changam, Chindau, Chishanga, Ndzawu, Njao, Sanga, Senji, Shona, Sofala, Tonga, Xanga) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndau_people
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=13273&rog3=MZ
Ngoni (Angoni, Gomani, Magwangara, Mombera, Mpezeni, Sutu)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngoni_people
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=13367&rog3=MZ
Nsenga (Chisenga, Senga) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nsenga
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=14047&rog3=MZ
Shona (Karanga, Korekore, Manyika, Zezuru) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shona_people http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Shona.html
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=16101&rog3=MZ
Swahili (Bantu, Baraawe, Barwaani, Coastal Swahili, Mrima, Shirazi, Siddi, Swahili
Shamba, Urban, Zanzibari) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_people http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Swahili.html
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=15145&rog3=MZ
Tsonga (Shangaan, Thonga) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=15596&rog3=MZ
Tswa (Hlengwe, Kitshwa, Sheetswa, Shitswa, Tshwa, Xitshwa) http://strategyleader.org/profiles/tswa.html
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=15600&rog3=MZ
Yao, Ajao (Aiawa, Ayao, Chiyao, Wajao, Wayao) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_people_(East_Africa)
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=15988&rog3=MZ
Zulu (Isizulu, Zunda) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_people
http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=16112&rog3=MZ
Source publications: Contribution for an African autosomic STR database (AmpFlSTR Identifiler and Powerplex 16 System) and a report of genotypic variations, FSI, 2004,139,p201-205. Comparative analysis of STR data for Portuguese spoken countries, Progress in Forensic Genetics 8, 2000, p212-214. STR Data (AmpFlSTR Profiler Plus and GenePrint CTTv) From Mozambique, FSI, 2001, p131-133.