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Boa people

Boa people

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The Baboa people (singular Boa, also Ababua, Ababwa, Babua, Babwa, Bwa) are an ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They speak the Bwa language.[1]

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The Baboa live in the savanna region in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are in close contact with the Mangbetu and Zande peoples.[2] Most of the inhabitants of the Bas-Uele District, with a population of 900,000 in 2007, are Boa. They live mainly through subsistence farming and hunting, with some river commerce.[3]

The Baboa are known for their masks, which are thought to be used to enhance a warrior's courage before battle and in ceremonies to celebrate victories. The Boa carve statues designed to ward off evil. They also make harps where the neck has a carved human head, or the whole body represents a male or female figure.[2] Between 1903 and 1910 the Baboa were in rebellion against the Belgian colonial occupiers of the region.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bwa". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  2. [2]
    "BOA (ABABUA, ABABWA, BABOA, BABUA, BABWA, BUA, BWA)". AFRICAN ART MUSEUM. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  3. [3]
    Emizet F. Kisangani, F. Scott Bobb (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scarecrow Press. p. 45. ISBN 0-8108-5761-8.
  4. [4]
    Ambroise V. Bukassa (2010). Congo-Zaïre: éternel rebelle au consensus politique. Editions L'Harmattan. p. 8. ISBN 2-296-12502-6.
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