Bandia

The Bandia are a caste in Central Africa . They are descended from the Ngbandi and migrated eastwards, up the Ubangi valley. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the bandia founded several kingdoms and sultanates in the Mbomou region , above all Bang Assu and Rafai . They knew how to integrate different ethnic groups . Their most powerful kingdom was Bang Assu, where the bandia replaced the previously ruling Nzakara . The Azande later took power in Rafai . The sultanates were incorporated into French Congo and Congo Free State towards the end of the 19th century .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b J. D. Fage, John E. Flint, Roland Anthony Oliver : The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 5 , Cambridge University Press , 1975 ISBN 9780521207010 , p. 267 [1]
^ ^A ^b Pierre Kalck: Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic , Verlag Scarecrow Press, 2005, ISBN 9780810849136 , p. 15 [2]

[Cambridge-1] A ^b J. D. Fage, John E. Flint, Roland Anthony Oliver : The Cambridge History of Africa, Volume 5 , Cambridge University Press , 1975 ISBN 9780521207010 , p. 267 [1]

[Kalck-2] A ^b Pierre Kalck: Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic , Verlag Scarecrow Press, 2005, ISBN 9780810849136 , p. 15 [2]