The Mpama are an ethnic group that today live in eastern
Congo and western
Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, mainly along the
Congo River
The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharg ...
. Because of their similarity to the
Lia
Lia is a feminine given name. In the Spanish-speaking world, it is accented Lía. In America, the name may be a variant of Leah or Lea. Lia may be a diminutive of various names including Julia, Cecilia, Amelia, Talia, Cornelia, Ophelia, Rosal ...
,
Ntomba and
Sengele, they are considered part of the
Mongo ethnic group. They are river residents and lived traditionally from fishing, agriculture and trade in the Congo.
[James Stuart Olson: ''The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996 , p. 40]
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They speak the Mpama language.
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