Sakata people explained

The Sakata people, or Basakata, are one of the Bantu peoples of Central Africa, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are indigenous to the Mai-Ndombe Province, formerly part of Bandundu Province. They speak the Sakata language, and Lingala as their lingua franca. The Sakata are a sub-group of the Mongo ethnic group.^{[1] [2]}

External links

• Sakata (African people) on Library of Congress

Notes and References

1. Bylin,Eric. Basakata. Le peuple du Pays de l'Entre-Fleuves Lukenie-Kasai. (Stud.Ethn.Upsal. XXV). Lund, 1966. XXXII,286 pp.
2. Lisa Colldén. Trésors de la tradition orale sakata: Proverbes, mythes, légendes, fables, chansons et devinettes de Sakata (Uppsala studies in cultural anthropology). Almqvist & Wiksell International (1979) (French) Soft Binding, 419 pp.