Thursday, April 5, 2012

Democratic Republic of the Congo Research

ETHNIC GROUPS

There are over 200 African ethnic groups, of which the majority are Bantu. Bantu-speaking peoples form about 80% of the population. Most of the rest are Sudanic-speaking groups in the north and northeast. In the cuvette are found about 80,000100,000 Pygmies. Among the Bantu-speaking peoples, the major groups are the Kongo, or Bakongo, in Lower Zaire; the Luba, or Baluba, in East Kasai and Shaba; the Mongo and related groups in the cuvette area; and the Lunda and Chokwe in Bandundu and West Kasai; the Bemba and Hemba in Shaba; and the Kwango and Kasai in Bandundu. The four largest tribesMongo, Luba, Kongo (all Bantu), and the Mangbetu-Azande (Hamitic)make up about 45% of the total population. Non-Africans include Belgians, Greeks, Lebanese, and Asian Indians.

LANGUAGES

As many as 700 languages and dialects are spoken in the DROC. Serving as regional linguae francae are four African languages: Lingala is used in the north from Kisangani to Kinshasa, as well as in the armed forces; Swahili, in the Kingwana dialect, is used in the east; Kikongo in Lower Zaire; and Tshiluba in the south-central area. In addition, Lomongo is widely spoken in the cuvette. French is the official language and is widely used in government and commerce.

from:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.aspx

Congolese Culture: http://friendsofthecongo.org/resource-center/congolese-culture.html


TED talks
http://www.ted.com/themes/africa_the_next_chapter.html

Pagne 
http://csinburkinafaso.com/reflec.htm



The Democratic Republic of Congo: A brief history http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2008/11/20/f-congo-timeline.html


http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0198161.html

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2823.htm#history

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ad34

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0935005.html

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