The Kango (''Bakango''), also known as the Batchua and Mbuti-Sua, are an
Mbuti
The Mbuti people, or Bambuti, are one of several indigenous pygmy groups in the Congo region of Africa. Their languages are Central Sudanic languages and Bantu languages.
Subgroups
Bambuti are pygmy hunter-gatherers, and are one of the old ...
pygmy
In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a pop ...
people of the
Ituri forest
The Ituri Rainforest is a rainforest located in the Ituri Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The forest's name derives from the nearby Ituri River which flows through the rainforest, connecting firstly to the Aruwimi Rive ...
. They speak a
Bantu
Bantu may refer to:
*Bantu languages, constitute the largest sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages
*Bantu peoples, over 400 peoples of Africa speaking a Bantu language
* Bantu knots, a type of African hairstyle
*Black Association for National ...
language,
Bila, apparently in two dialects, northern Sua and southern Kango.
They are in a patron–vassal relationship with several Bantu-speaking peoples, the
Bila,
Budu,
Ndaka,
Bombo Bombo may refer to:
Music
* ''Bombo'' (musical), a 1921 Broadway production starring Al Jolson
* "Bombo" (song), by Norwegian singer Adelén
*Bombo criollo or just bombo, a family of Latin American drums
*Bombo legüero, an Argentine drum
*An 18th ...
,
Liko, and
Baali; two Sudanic peoples, the
Lese and
Luumbi, and the Ubangian
Mayogo.
They may be the
Wochua people described in the 19th century.
References
*Serge BAHUCHET, 2006. "Languages of the African Rainforest « Pygmy » Hunter-Gatherers: Language Shifts without Cultural Admixture
In ''Historical linguistics and hunter-gatherers populations in global perspective''. Leipzig.
African Pygmies
Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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