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The Bangubangu are a Sudanic-Bantu people from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, primarily in the Kabambare Territory. They speak the Bangubangu language. They also live in Tanzania, where they migrated from and to during the 19th century and are usually known by the umbrella term Manyema, which also includes other ethnic groups originating from the same area who are believed to be Hamitic people who have migrated from Sudan.[1]

Swahili-Arab traders often referred to them all as Al ghamawiyyun

References

  1. ^ Zöller, Katharina (2019). "Crossing Multiple Borders: "The Manyema" in Colonial East Central Africa". History in Africa. 46: 299–326. doi:10.1017/hia.2019.6.