Sundi Explained

The Sundi (also Sundis, Nsundi, Basundi, Kongo-Sundi, Suundi and Manyanga) are a Central African people established in three countries, in the Republic of Congo – particularly in the Niari department (Kimongo and Londes-Lakayes), in the Bouenza department (Boko-Songho) and in the Pool Department –, in Angola (Cabinda) and in the Democratic Republic of Congo.^[1] They are considered to be the largest subgroup of the Kongo people.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Early in the nineteenth century there were wars between Sundi and Teke when Teke moved southwest into the Niari valley.^[7]

References

1. Web site: Sundi. 2022-02-12. Oxford Reference. en.
2. Book: Olson. James Stuart. The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Meur. Charles. 1996. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-27918-8. 537. en.
3. Book: McDonald, Gordon C.. Area Handbook for People's Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville).. 1971. U.S. Government Printing Office. 57. en.
4. Xavier Bienvenu KITSIMBOU, La démocratie et les réalités ethniques au Congo, UNIVERSITÉ NANCY II, 2006, p.24
5. Hortense Gisèle Yela, LES COMITES DE GESTION ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE UN OUTIL DE GOUVERNANCE ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT TERRITORIAL : CAS DU DISTRICT DE LOUINGUI, UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP, 2013, p.26-27
6. Web site: Congo : situation actuelle et traitement des membres de l'ethnie larie par le gouvernement en place (2002) . Direction des recherches, Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié, Canada . fr . 2023-06-08.
7. Web site: Congo-Brazzaville - People. 2022-02-12. www.globalsecurity.org.

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