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Alur |
Baka |
Bembe |
Chokwe |
Kakwa |
Kaliko |
Phende |
Songe |
Songoora |
Taabwa |
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Songe
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| Indigenous Group |
Songe (Also known as: Songye, Basonge, Bassongo, Basongye, Bayembe, Wasonga, Songhay)
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| Location |
Democratic Republic of Congo, Kasaï Oriental Province, Between Sankuru and Lualaba Rivers, Kabinda Zone, Kabolo and Eastern Kongolo Territories of Katanga Province.
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| Estimated Population |
1,000,000 (1991,
SIL International) |
| Environment |
Savannah / Forest / Plateau / Riverine
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| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Hunter / Fishing / Trade
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| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional
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| Language Family |
Songe
Classification:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, L, Songye
Alternate Names:
Songye, Kisongye, Lusonge, Kalebwe, Northeast Luba, Yembe, Kisonge, Luba-Songi, Kisongi
Dialects:
Western Kalebwe (Esambi Kipya, Songe), Eastern Kalebwe (Kilombeno Kibya, Ikalebwe), Mbagani |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Songe, A Language of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Woods Museum Democratic of Congo Research
Art Tribal
Songye on Rand African Art
Tribal African Art: Songye
Songye
Songye Information
Songye Sculpture
Songye Power Figure
Basongye Tribe
Divination in Sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction to the History of the Songye
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| NGOs |
International Medical Corps: Katanga Province
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