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The term "Congo" was more widely deployed to identify Kikongo-speaking people enslaved in the Americas. [ 16 ] Since the early 20th century, Bakongo (singular Mkongo or Mukongo ) has been increasingly used, especially in areas north of the Congo River , to refer to the Kikongo-speaking community, or more broadly to speakers of the closely ...
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.
Baka people (Congo and South Sudan) Bakwa Dishi tribe; Banda people; Bangubangu; Banyamulenge; Barambu people; Bazigaba; Bembe people; Boa people; Boma people; Budu people; Bunda people; Bwende people
The culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely varied, reflecting the great diversity and different customs which exist in the country. Congolese culture combines the influence of tradition to the region, but also combines influences from abroad which arrived during the era of colonization and continue to have a strong influence, without destroying the individuality of many ...
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.
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]
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in the Republic of the Congo" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Beembe tribe (Kongo) Buissi people ...
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.