Yakoma are an ethnic group in the
Central African Republic
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(CAR) who make up 4% of the population of the country. 10,000 also reside in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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.
They gave their name to the city of
Yakoma at the confluence of the
Welle and Mbobou rivers and provided the land for the French post at
les Abiras which served as the first capital of
Ubangi-Shari, the predecessor of the present-day CAR. The Yakoma are
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 Nationa ...
but speak a distinct dialect (also known as
Yakoma) similar to
Sango.
[Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.]
Central African Republic: The Yakoma
" Accessed 9 Jan 2013.
André-Dieudonné Kolingba, president of the CAR from 1979 to 1993, was a member of this group,
[United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.]
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2001
. 4 Mar 2002. as is the writer
Adrienne Yabouza.
References
External links
Central African Republic worsening crisis troubled region
Ethnic groups in the Central African Republic
Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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