Komo people (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Kumu

WaKumu/BaKumu
Total population
c. 400.000 [ citation needed ]
Regions with significant populations
Democratic Republic of the Congo	400.000 speakers of Komo language (1998)
Languages
Komo, Swahili, French
Religion
Traditional religion, Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Nande, Hunde, Nyanga, other Eastern Bantu peoples

The Kumu or Komo are a Bantu people from Central Africa that lives in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ethnonomy

Depending on the sources and context, there are several forms: Babira, Bakomo, Bakumbu, Bakumu, Komos, Kumo, Kumu, Kuumu, Wakumu. ^[1]

Language

Their language is Komo (or kikomo), a bantu language which number of speakers was estimated in 400.000 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1998. ^{[2] [3]}

Mask.

Religion

Traditional beliefs. Belief in creators of worlds (Muungu) and demiurges (Nkya). There are astral legends. Before farming and hunting begin, rituals with sacrifices to the spirits are performed. There is also a belief in magic. Part of the population is Catholic (mainly urban residents). ^[5]

References

1. Source RAMEAU, BnF
2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.^{[ This citation is dated, and should be substituted with a specific edition of Ethnologue ]}
3. Frawley, William J. (2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. p. 109. ISBN   9780199771783.
4. Brooklyn Museum
5. Grottanelli, 1947. p. 71