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Did you know... that the Tumbuka people's Vimbuza tradition uses dance, music, and singing to heal illness?

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Possivle POV

Latest comment: 6 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The Tumbukas are among,if not the most educated people in Malawi as a result the former and the first Malawian President Kamuzu Banda,so them as a threat and persecuted a lot of them,one he day,he was quoted as saying "God made a great a mistake he created the Tumbukas and gave them intelligence".Presently there is quet a signicant number of the Tumbukas in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

(In addition to being possible POV it needs grammar and spelling repair. Can the quote be confirmed? How about the accusations of persecution?) RJFJR 03:19, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

This comment was correct in 2005, but substantial work was done on it in 2016 by Ms Sarah Welch so it no longer applies.Sscoulsdon (talk) 16:09, 21 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

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Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The writing quality for some of this article is quite poor, and in many places it is without sources. Appears to have perhaps been written by an English-language learner--not to say that the info is incorrect, but needs more references and a general check for grammar. 199.111.224.189 (talk) 16:44, 23 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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