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Before the colonial era, people living in the Congo Basin tended to have one or more names of personal, local, or ethnic significance rather than following Western-style naming conventions. This allowed considerable flexibility around the names which could be given to an infant, as the historian Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem described:
The Kongo people in all three colonies (Angola, the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo) became one of the most active ethnic groups in the efforts to decolonize Africa, and worked with other ethnic groups in Central Africa to help liberate the three nations to self governance. [7]
Democratic Republic of the Congo: By ethnicity Over 200 ethnic groups. The four largest groups - Mongo, Luba, Bakongo (all Bantu) and the Mangbetu-Azande - make up about 45% of the population. [3] Republic of the Congo: By ethnicity
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]
Congolese people may refer to: People from the following countries and regions: Congo Basin, the sedimentary basin of the Congo River; Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), the former French Congo; Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa), the former Belgian Congo; Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group in the Congo region
In the context of the episode, the ruling council of the RWA is aiming to commit ethnic cleansing against the Beko people, marching on the city of "St. Juste", one of the Beko peoples' primary population centres. The North and Interior of the RWA are said to be ruled by warlords armed with "RPGs and Machine Guns".
People gather wild fruit, mushrooms, and honey, as well as hunt and fish. They will often sell these crops at markets or by the roadside. Cattle breeding and the development of large-scale agricultural businesses has been hindered by the recent war and the poor quality of the road system. Congo's farmland is the source of a wide variety of crops.
Republic of the Congo portal This category is for fictional characters from Republic of the Congo or of Congolese descent. . Pages in category "Fictional Republic of the Congo people"