Nyanga people

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Nyanga
Total population
150,000+ (1994 estimate)
Regions with significant populations
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo
Languages
Nyanga language (Kinyanga), Swahili
Religion
Traditional African religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Nande, Hunde, other Bantu peoples

The Nyanga (also Banianga, Banyanga, Kinyanga, Nianga or Nyangas) are a Bantu people of the African Great Lakes region. They live predominantly in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the frontiers with Rwanda and Uganda. [1]

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Language

The Nyanga speak the Nyanga language (also known as Kinyanga), a member of the Bantu family. According to a 1994

Notes

  1. James Stuart Olson, "Nyanga", The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996), 454.

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