Angoni is the plural of Ngoni/Nguni, migrant peoples from South Africa after the disintegration of Zulu Empire in the nineteenth century.

Chichewa seems more probable because when Nguni arrived in the region there already were people there called Achewa.

The main agricultural products are corn, cassava, cowpea, peanut, sweet potato, and tobacco.

After independence in 1975, Angónia was considered one of the granaries of Mozambique because of its production of maize and potatoes, a prestige which ended with the civil war.

And recently a CCAP church introduced a Bachelor of Theology course at their Instituto Cristão de Moçambique-College.