Manschia
The Mandschias (fr. Mandjias , Mandjas or Manya's called) are a people of the Central African Republic , where 274,000 Mandschias make up the third largest nation 13% of the population.
Several thousand Manschias, a total of 8,300, also live in Cameroon, Central Africa .
They speak the Niger-Congo language Manza . In politically important times (especially during wars and conflicts), the leaders of the ethnic group can be elected by various regional bosses.
More strongly represented in Central Africa, they are often associated with the Gbaya .
The former Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Élie Doté , was a Manchia.
literature
- Timothée Ngakoutou, La personnalité mandja, expériences, développement, conditionnements: contribution à l'étude de l'enculturation et de la transculturation , Université de Paris 5, 1971, page 261 (thesis of the 3rd cycle)
- Fernand Gaud, "Organization politique des Mandja (Congo)", in Revue des études ethnographiques et sociologie (Paris), 1 (6-7) June – July 1908, pages 321–326
- Fernand Gaud, Les Mandja (Congo français) , A. de Wit, Bruxelles, 1911 ( Collection de monographies ethnographiques 8), page 574
- Antonin Marius Vergiat, Mœurs et coutumes des Manjas (avec 90 croquis et 24 gravures hors texte), Payot, Paris, 1937, p. 323