Chokwe

noun

Chok·​we

ˈchäkwē

plural Chokwe or Chokwes

1

a

: a scattered people of northeastern Angola and adjacent parts of Democratic Republic of the Congo noted for the religious masks that they produce

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Bantu language of the Chokwe people closely related to or perhaps a dialect of Lwena

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Chokwe

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