Ngbandi people

Ngbandi girls, central Africa, 1905

The Ngbandi are an ethnic group of the upper Ubangi River, who inhabit the southern part of the Central African Republic and the northern part of the Congo. Their language is in the Ubangian language family. The Ngbandi, traditionally, were simple farmers who still grow maize, manioc and other food crops. Until recently, some of their subsistence depended on traditional hunting and gathering. They were once known as warriors, and some of the most prized African knives and lances were made by their craftspersons. There is clearly a close connection between this culture and others of Sudan, as evidence by shared usage of a musical instrument, a kind of harp, whose form is distinctive to this area.^[1]

References

1. ↑ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/413450/Ngbandi

See also

• Ngbandi Art
• Linguistic classification of Ngbandi

Ethnic groups in the Central African Republic
Baggara Baka Banda Bayaka Fula Gbaya Kara Kresh M'Baka Mandja Ngbandi Sara Vidiri Wodaabe Yakoma Yulu Zande

Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Indigenous	Alur Amba Avukaya Baka Bakwa Dishi Banda Banyamulenge Bemba Bembe Boa Budu Bunda Bwile Chokwe Dengese Efé Furiiru Garanganze Gbaya Great Lakes Twa Hema Hemba Holoholo Hutu Iyaelima Kakwa Kango Kele Keliko Kongo Konjo Lega Lele Lendu Logo Luba Lugbara Lulua Lunda Lungu M'Baka Mangbetu Mbo Mbole Mbunda Mbuti Mongo Mongo Twa Mono Moru Mpama Ndaka Ngando Ngata Ngbandi Nyanga Pende Sanga Songora Songye Suku Tagbu Teke Tetela Topoke Tumbwe Turumbu Tutsi Vira Wochua Yaka Yakoma Yombe Yulu Zande Zyoba
Non-indigenous	Chinese Europeans Greek Jewish