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Over 250 ethnic groups and 450 tribes (ethnic subgroups) populate the Democratic Republic of Congo. These ethnic groups are from the Bantu, Sudanic, Nilotic, Ubangian and Pygmy linguistic groups. There is no dominant ethnic group in Congo; the following ethnic groups account for 51.5% of the population: [20] [failed verification]
Over 250 ethnic groups and 450 tribes (ethnic subgroups) populate the DRC. They are in the Bantu, Sudanic, Nilotic, Ubangian and Pygmy linguistic groups. Because of this diversity, there is no dominant ethnic group in the Congo, however the following ethnic groups account for 51.5% of the population: [12] Breakdown of the largest ethnic groups ...
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Kongo people in all three colonies (Angola, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo) became one of the most active ethnic groups in the efforts to decolonize Africa, and worked with other ethnic groups in Central Africa to help liberate the three nations to self governance. [7]
Some sub-ethnic groups found in the southern parts of Congo have had a chief, instead of being a collection of lineages, [1] with the chief known as Bokulaka. [ 8 ] Traditional religion of the Mongo people is largely one of ancestor worship, belief in nature spirits, fertility rites, with shamanic practices such as magic, sorcery, and witchcraft.
The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having their own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic , Khoisan , Niger-Congo , and Nilo-Saharan populations.
"French Congo. Batéké cabins (Middle Congo)": Colonial Postcard, c. 1905. Note the distinctive Bateke woven architecture.. The Teke people or Bateke, also known as the Tyo or Tio, are a Bantu Central African ethnic group that speak the Teke languages and that mainly inhabit the south, north, and center of the Republic of the Congo, the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a ...
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in the Republic of the Congo" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .