Asua people

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The Asua people are an Indigenous Central African Pygmy group traditionally known as forest-dwelling hunter-gatherers with close cultural and economic ties to neighboring farming communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Pygmy group
ethnic group
alternativeName Aka-Asoa (in some sources)
Asoa NERFINISHED
associatedWith Bantu-speaking farmers
Central Sudanic-speaking farmers
Lese people NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
culturalChange increasing sedentarization near villages
participation in wage labor
culturalTrait forest-based subsistence
mobility within forest territories
strong ties to neighboring farming communities
demographicStatus small population
economicActivity collecting honey
gathering wild plants
hunting
trade with agriculturalists
trapping
economicRelation exchange of forest products with farmers
ethnographicCategory Mbuti–related Pygmy group
languageFamily Central Sudanic languages NERFINISHED
languageRelation speak dialects related to Lese language
region Central Africa
relatedGroup Efe people
Mbuti people NERFINISHED
religion animist beliefs
forest spirit veneration
socialRelation patron–client relations with neighboring farmers
socialStructure kin-based groups
small bands
subsistenceBase honey
wild game
wild plants and fruits
tradeGoodsProvided forest products
meat
tradeGoodsReceived cloth
cultivated foods
iron tools
salt
traditionalHabitat Ituri Forest NERFINISHED
tropical rainforest
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
vulnerability loss of traditional forest lands
marginalization within national society
threats from deforestation

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Pygmy peoples subgroup Asua people