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Alur |
Baka |
Bembe |
Chokwe |
Kakwa |
Kaliko |
Phende |
Songe |
Songoora |
Taabwa |
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Taabwa
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| Indigenous Group |
Taabwa (Also known as: Tabwa, Rungu, Batabwa)
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| Location |
Democratic Republic of Congo, Southeast, Katanga Province, Southwestern Shores of Lake Tanganyika, South of Moba, Marungu Masif; Also in Zambia.
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| Estimated Population |
250,000 (1972,
Barrett) |
| Environment |
Tropical
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Fishing/ Hunter / Trade / Handicraft Sales
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| Level of Assimilation |
Not found
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| Language Family |
Taabwa
Classification:
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, M, Bemba
Alternate Names:
Kitabwa, Rungu, Ichitaabwa, Tabwa
Dialects:
Shila |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue; Taabwa: A Language of Demoratic Republic of Congo
Tabwa Stools, Dem. Rep. Congo
Tabwa People
Tabwa: Tribal African Art
Ritual Messengers: The Tabwa
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
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| NGOs |
International Medical Corps: Katanga Province
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