Mbuun

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The Mbuun (also Ambuun , Umbuun , Mambuun , Babundu , Bambundu , Mbunda , Imbuun , Embuun, Bambunda , Mumbunda , Bunda , Kimbunda , Ambunu , Babunda , Bambounda , Mboun , Mbun , Mbuns , Mbuuns , Ambunda , Ambun , Babaounda , Mbuni , Mbunu ) are an ethnic group from Africa . They live mainly in the Kwilu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Their number was estimated at 400,000 in 1984; new estimates put it at half a million. They live in an area with a tropical climate with distinct dry and rainy seasons . Traditionally, the dry season was suitable for fishing and hunting . The rainfall in the rainy season is so heavy that agriculture is restricted. The Mbuun speak a Bantu language .

The Mbuun are divided into 28 clans, each with its own history. Most of these clans have their origins in the northwest. The political system came about without a central leader e.g. B. King out. The Mbuun were in the Cuba Federation from the 17th century . Shyaam aMbul aNgoong , the first king of the Cuban Federation, inherited some of the Mbuun's cultural traits. B. the manufacture of clothing from raphia . Also the capital of Cuba was inspired by the localities of the Mbuun.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marc Leo Felix : 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture , Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987, p. 108 [1]
  2. ↑ a b Jean-Macaire Munzele: Les pratiques de sociabilité en Afrique: les mutations culinaires chez les Ambuun , Editions Publibook, 2006, ISBN 978-2-7483-1056-6 , pp. 19–24 [2]
  3. ↑ Edgar G. Nesman, James C. Riddell, Louise Fortmann, Peter C. Bloch: A research paper, volumes 90-93 , Verlag Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison , 1986, p. 59 [3]
  4. ↑ Mbuun (peuple d'Afrique) in: Système universitaire de documentation
  5. ↑ Meyer's handbook on Africa , Verlag Bibliographisches Institut , 1962, p. 244 [4]
  6. ↑ Library of Congress Subject Headings , 27th Edition, Volume 1 AC, p. 930 [5]
  7. ↑ Library of Congress Subject Headings , 27th Edition, Volume 1 AC, p. 585 [6]
  8. ^ David Birmingham: Central Africa to 1870: Zambezia, Zaire and the South Atlantic , Verlag Cambridge University Press , 1981 ISBN 9780521284448 [7]
  9. ↑ Hope B. Werness: Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art: Worldview, Symbolism, and Culture in Africa, Oceania, and North America , Verlag Continuum International Publishing Group , 2000, ISBN 0826411568 , p. 172 [8]
  10. ↑ Marc Leo Felix : 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture , Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987, p. 108 [9]
  11. ↑ Jan Vansina: Ndop: Royal Statues among the Kuba in: African Art and Leadership , University of Wisconsin Press , 2004, ISBN 9780299058241 , p. 52 [10]