M'Baka people

M'Baka

David Dacko Jean-Bédel Bokassa Barthélemy Boganda Koffi Olomide
Total population
(300,000)
Regions with significant populations
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo
Languages
Mbaka, French, Sango
Religion
Christianity, traditional African religions

The M'baka are a minority ethnic group in the Central African Republic and northwest Democratic Republic of Congo.^[1] The M'Baka speak the Mbaka language and have a population of roughly 300,000.^[1]

Language

The M'Bakas speak Mbaka language which is a language belong to the Ubangian language family. The Gilima variety is assigned to a separate ISO 639-3 code.

Famous M'Baka people

• Jean-Bédel Bokassa, former President and self-styled Emperor of Central African Republic
• David Dacko, First President of Central African Republic
• Barthélémy Boganda, First Prime Minister of Central African Republic
• Koffi Olomide, Congolese singer

Notes

References

• Appiah; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., eds. (1999), Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, New York: Basic Books, ISBN 0-465-00071-1, OCLC 41649745 .

Ethnic groups in the Central African Republic Baggara Baka Banda Bayaka Fula Gbaya Kara Kresh M'Baka Mandja Ngbandi Sara Vidiri Wodaabe Yakoma Yulu Zande

Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Indigenous Alur Amba Avukaya Baka Bakwa Dishi Banda Banyamulenge Bemba Bembe Boa Budu Bunda Bwile Chokwe Dengese Efé Furiiru Garanganze Gbaya Great Lakes Twa Hema Hemba Holoholo Hutu Iyaelima Kakwa Kango Kele Keliko Kongo Konjo Lega Lele Lendu Logo Luba Lugbara Lulua Lunda Lungu M'Baka Mangbetu Mbo Mbole Mbunda Mbuti Mongo Mongo Twa Mono Moru Mpama Ndaka Ngando Ngata Ngbandi Nyanga Pende Sanga Songora Songye Tagbu Teke Tetela Topoke Tumbwe Turumbu Tutsi Vira Wochua Yaka Yakoma Yombe Yulu Zande Zyoba Non-indigenous Chinese Europeans Greek Jewish