Ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Map showing the area where the Sundi lives.
The Sundi (also Sundis, Nsundi, Basundi, Kongo-Sundi, Suundi and Manyanga ) are a Central African people established in three countries, in the Republic of Congo – particularly in the Niari department (Kimongo and Londes-Lakayes), in the Bouenza department (Boko-Songho) and in the Pool Department –, in Angola (Cabinda ) and in the Democratic Republic of Congo .[ 1] They are considered to be the largest subgroup of the Kongo people .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Early in the nineteenth century there were wars between Sundi and Teke when Teke moved southwest into the Niari valley.[ 7]
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^ Xavier Bienvenu KITSIMBOU, La démocratie et les réalités ethniques au Congo , UNIVERSITÉ NANCY II, 2006, p.24
^ Hortense Gisèle Yela, LES COMITES DE GESTION ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE UN OUTIL DE GOUVERNANCE ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT TERRITORIAL : CAS DU DISTRICT DE LOUINGUI , UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP, 2013, p.26-27
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