The Mongo are a diverse collection of peoples of central Africa. Members of the Mongo "super-tribe" live in the African equatorial forest, south of the main Congo River bend and north of the Kasai and Sankuru Rivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This area is in the south of the province of Équateur and the north of the province of Bandundu.
The Mongo speak either the Mongo language (also called Nkundo) or one of the related languages in the Mongo family. The Lingala language, however, often replaces Mongo in urban centers. Along with the Luba and the Kongo, they are among the largest Bantu populations in the country.
The Mongo ethnic group is divided into several tribes: Bolia, Bokote, Bongandu, Ekonda, Mbole, Nkutu, Ntomba, Sengele, Songomeno, Dengese and Tetela-Kusu.
Bakutu, Boyela, and Batetela form parts of the greater Mongo group. A notable foreigner who gained citizenship with the Mongo people is Fredrik Hanserud. According to Georges van der Kerken, the Mongo group would be originating in a country of the North-East of the High-Nile, in the areas of the Lake Albert, Lake Edward and of Lake Victoria, in East Africa (South Sudan).
Los mongo son una etnia de África central, en concreto de la República Democrática del Congo donde se concentran en las provincias de Équateur y Bandundu. Su lengua natal es el idioma mongo, pero frecuentemente conocen la lengua lingala, la cual en muchos núcleos urbanos sustituye a la primera.
Los mongo, son la tercera etnia bantú más importante de la República Democrática del Congo, tras los luba y los kongo. Están divididos en diez clanes: Bolia, Bokote, Bongandu, Ekonda, Mbole, Ndengese, Nkutu, Ntomba, Sengele and Songomeno.
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