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Alur |
Baka |
Bembe |
Chokwe |
Kakwa |
Kaliko |
Phende |
Songe |
Songoora |
Taabwa |
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Songoora
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| Indigenous Group |
Songoora
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| Location |
Democratic Republic of Congo, Maniema Province; Punia, Kindu, and Shabunda Territories. Kindu Territory; Gengele.
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| Estimated Population |
1,300 (1971,
Welmers) |
| Environment |
Highland
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| Lifestyle |
Not Found
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| Subsistence |
Not Found
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| Level of Assimilation |
Not found
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| Language Family |
Songoora
Classification:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Lega-Kalanga (D.20)
Alternate Names:
Songola, Kesengola, Binja
Dialects:
Gengele (Kegengele), North Binja, South Binja. North and South Binja may be separate languages. Gengele is reported to be a creole based on Lega-Shabunda, Kusu, and other languages (Mwangati W.B. 1991) |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue: Songoora, A Language Of The Democratic Republic of Congo
Congo Archive: Raping the Congo
MERLIN in the DRC
DRC: Economic Exploitation and Human Rights Abuses in the East
Deteriorating Socio-Economic Situation due to the War (2001-2007)
1.7M Excess Deaths in Congo
Wikipedia: Kindu Town
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| NGOs |
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Medical Emergency Relief International (MERLIN)
Amnesty International
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
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