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This (sub-)region includes the territories as outlined in the Wikipedia geographical article, Central Africa, consisting of: the region of Africa south the Sahara Desert , east of West Africa , but west of the Great Rift Valley , typically including the countries of Chad , Central African Republic , Democratic Republic of the Congo ;
Estimated to be around 1.3 million people at the turn of the 21st century, they constitute one of the largest ethnic groups in the Central African Republic, traditionally found in the northeastern part of the country. [2] [5] [6] The Banda people speak languages belonging to the Niger-Congo family, [7] known as Banda or Ubangian languages.
Samuel Fosso (born July 17, 1962) is a Cameroonian-born Nigerian photographer who has worked for most of his career in the Central African Republic.His work includes using self-portraits adopting a series of personas, often commenting on the history of Africa.
The Sara people are a Central Sudanic ethnic group native to southern Chad, the northwestern areas of the Central African Republic, and the southern border of South Sudan. [3] They speak the Sara languages which are a part of the Central Sudanic language family. [4] They are also the largest ethnic group in Chad. [5] [6]
The Aka or Biaka (also Bayaka, Babenzele) [1] are a nomadic Mbenga pygmy people. They live in south-western Central African Republic and in northern Republic of the Congo.They are related to the Baka people of Cameroon, Gabon, northern Congo, and southwestern Central African Republic.
Gula, also spelled Goula, is an ethnic group who lives in Central African Republic, Chad, and Sudan. [1] In the Central African Republic, they live in the northern regions of Vakaga, Bamingui-Bangoran, and Haute-Kotto. [2]
The Baka people, known in the Congo as Bayaka (Bebayaka, Bebayaga, Bibaya), [1] are an ethnic group inhabiting the southeastern rain forests of Cameroon, northern Republic of the Congo, northern Gabon, and southwestern Central African Republic. They are sometimes called a subgroup of the Twa, but the two peoples are not closely related.
The Central African Republic (CAR), [a] formerly known as Ubangi-Shari, [b] is a landlocked country in Central Africa.It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west.