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This is a list of Congolese people.. Niasony. Kevin Andzouana, footballer; Hilaire Babassana; Benoît Bati, politician; Fidèle Dimou; Junior Etou (born 1994), basketball player; Raymond Isaac Follo, politician [1]
Léon Kengo wa Dondo (b. 1935) — former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [112] Ève Bazaiba (b. 1965) — lawyer , Secretary General , and environmentalist . She has been instrumental in promoting environmental conservation and advocating for sustainable development practices in the DRC [ 113 ]
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The Republic of the Congo was established on 28 November 1958 and gained independence from France in 1960. It was a Marxist–Leninist state from 1969 to 1992, under the name People's Republic of the Congo (PRC).
"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 ...
The Efé are a group of part-time hunter-gatherer people living in the Ituri Rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the depths of the forest they do not wear much clothing, using only leaf huts [1] as shelter for their bodies in the intense heat. The Efé are Pygmies, and one of the shortest peoples in the world. The men grow to an ...
Songye people in 1947 with a protector statue. The Zappo Zaps were a group of Songye people from the eastern Kasaï region in what today is the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They acted as allies of the Congo Free State authorities, while trading in ivory, rubber and slaves. [1] In 1899 they were sent out by the colonial administration to ...
Other Rutara people (Banyoro, Batooro, Bakiga, Banyankore, Bahororo, Basongora, Baruuli and Bahaya) The Hema people or Bahema (plural) are a Bantu ethnic group who are concentrated in parts of Ituri Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo .