Mbole people

Mbole
Regions with significant populations
Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo100,000
Languages
Mbole language
Related ethnic groups
Mongo, Anamongo

The Mbole people are an ethnic group of about 150,000 people living in the Orientale Province, southwest of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] The Mbole were previously referred to as Bambole.[2]

  1. ^ "Mbole". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  2. ^ Van Haute-De Kimpe, B. (April 1984). "The Mbole and their lilwa Sculptures (Central Zaïre)". De Arte. 19 (30): 66–80. doi:10.1080/00043389.1984.11760993. ISSN 0004-3389.