Sango people explained

Group:	Sango
Total:	Unknown
Regions:	Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Languages:	Sango
Religions:	Christianity

The Sango people (or Basango, Bosango, Sangho, Sangos) are an ethnic group living on the banks of the Ubangi River in the Central African Republic. They speak a Northern Ngbandi-based creole language called Sango, which belongs to the Ubangian branch of the Niger-Congo family.

See also

• List of ethnic groups of Africa

Bibliography

• Pierre Kalck, "Sango", in Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic, Scarecrow Press, 2005 (3rd ed.), p. 174 ; reported by Auguste Chevalier in Journal des africanistes, 1936, 6-2, pp. 238-239.
• Antonin-Marius Vergiat, Les rites secrets des primitifs de l'Oubangui, Payot, 1936, reissued at L'Harmattan, Paris, 1981, 210 p.