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The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. From the 13th century the present day territory was dominated by a confederation led by Vungu which included Kakongo and Ngoyo. Loango emerged in the 16th century.
The Luba people or Baluba are a Bantu ethno-linguistic group indigenous to the south-central region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The majority of them live in this country, residing mainly in Katanga , Kasaï , Kasaï-Oriental , Kasaï-Central , Lomami and Maniema .
The Mongo people are an ethnic group who live in the equatorial forest of Central Africa. [1] They are the largest ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, highly influential in its north region. [2] The Mongo people are a diverse collection of sub-ethnic groups who are referred to as AnaMongo.
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Republic of the Congo: Niger–Congo, Bantu: 10 [year needed] Luba: Central Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Niger–Congo, Bantu: 15 [year needed] Mongo: Central Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Niger–Congo, Bantu: 15 [year needed] Mossi: West Africa: Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast ...
This geographical proximity, states Jan Vansina, suggests that the Congo River region, home of the Kongo people, was populated thousands of years ago. [19] Ancient archeological evidence linked to Kongo people has not been found, and glottochronology – or the estimation of ethnic group chronologies based on language evolution – has been ...
[26] [27] [28] The river was known as Zaire during the 16th and 17th centuries; Congo seems to have replaced Zaire gradually in English usage during the 18th century, and Congo is the preferred English name in 19th-century literature, although references to Zaire as the name used by the natives (i.e., derived from Portuguese usage) remained ...
Home to around 2 million people, Goma is the provincial capital of North Kivu and the largest city in Congo’s east. Rebels claim takeover On Wednesday, Victor Tesongo, the AFC spokesman, told ...
The earliest inhabitants of the region comprising present-day Congo were the Forest peoples whose Stone Age culture was slowly replaced by Bantu tribes. The main Bantu tribe living in the region were the Kongo, also known as Bakongo, who established mostly unstable kingdoms along the mouth, north and south, of the Congo River.