Nkutshu

The Nkutshu (also Ankutshu and Bankutshu , Akutshu, Bakontou, Bakutsu, Bakutu, Bankusu, Bankutshu, Bankutu, Basongo-Meno, Kutschu, Ohindo, Wankutshu) are an ethnic group from the Kasaï-Oriental province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . They speak a Bantu language . Your direct neighbors are the Ndengse, Yela and Ooli. The region is heavily forested. Most of the Nkutshu traditionally live as small farmers and grow manioc , bananas and kola nuts .

The Nkutshu are known for their special knives , some of which have a weighted handle .

The Nkutshu are closely related to the Kusu and Tetela ; these ethnic groups share a common history and originally immigrated from more north-western areas.

Web links

Commons : Nkutshu - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Nkutshu (African people) in Library of Congress Subject Headings
^ Marc Leo Felix : 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture , Verlag Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987, p. 132 [1]
↑ James Stuart Olson: The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary , Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 9780313279188 p. 444 [2]
↑ Christopher Spring : African Arms and Armor. British Museum Press , 1993, ISBN 0-7141-2508-3 , pp. 84-85
^ Kusu at University of Iowa

[1] Nkutshu (African people) in Library of Congress Subject Headings

[2] Marc Leo Felix : 100 peoples of Zaire and their sculpture , Verlag Zaire Basin Art History Research Foundation, 1987, p. 132 [1]

[3] James Stuart Olson: The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary , Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 9780313279188 p. 444 [2]

[4] Christopher Spring : African Arms and Armor. British Museum Press , 1993, ISBN 0-7141-2508-3 , pp. 84-85

[5] Kusu at University of Iowa