Luba-Kasai people

E302549

Bantu people ethnic group

The Luba-Kasai people are a Bantu ethnic group from the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for their rich cultural traditions, political history, and use of the Tshiluba language.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Luba people	7
Luba-Kasai people canonical	3
Luba group	1
Luba people of Kasai	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
artForm	beadwork ⓘ body scarification ⓘ figure sculpture ⓘ mask making ⓘ stool carving ⓘ weaving ⓘ wood carving ⓘ
colonialHistory	Belgian Congo (as associated territory) ⓘ surface form: Belgian Congo
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
culturalPractice	ancestor veneration ⓘ divination ⓘ initiation rites ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
historicalRegion	Luba Kingdom ⓘ
kinshipSystem	patrilineal descent ⓘ
language	Tshiluba ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
migrationHistory	internal migration within Congo ⓘ
musicInstrument	drums ⓘ thumb piano ⓘ xylophone ⓘ
musicTradition	drumming ⓘ polyphonic singing ⓘ
notableResourceRegion	Kasai diamond fields ⓘ
partOf	Luba-Kasai people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Luba people
primaryRegion	Kasai region ⓘ
region	Kasai region ⓘ surface form: Kasai-Occidental Kasaï-Oriental Province ⓘ surface form: Kasai-Oriental
relatedEthnicGroup	Kuba people ⓘ Luba-Katanga people ⓘ Songye people ⓘ
religion	African traditional religion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialStructure	clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalCrop	cassava ⓘ maize ⓘ millet ⓘ peanuts ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ ironworking ⓘ trade ⓘ
traditionalLeadership	chiefdoms ⓘ
urbanPresence	Kananga ⓘ Kinshasa ⓘ Mbuji-Mayi ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Latin script ⓘ