Mbuti

expand_more Description

The general term Mbuti refers to the Pygmies of the Ituri forest in Democratic Republic of Congo, consisting of four subgroups; the Aka, Efe, Mbuti, and Sua. A specific use of the term Mbuti refers to the net-hunting pygmies who live in the south and central Ituri forest and are associated with the Bantu-speaking Babira. The Mbuti live in territorially defined nomadic foraging bands, which number from twenty to as many as a hundred individuals.

Identifier

Region

• Africa

Subregion

• Central Africa

Subsistence Type

• hunter-gatherers

Samples

• C1
• EA
• PSF
• SCCS

Countries

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

External Links

• Mbuti (Binford Hunter-Gatherer) D-PLACE
• Mbuti (Ethnographic Atlas) D-PLACE
• Mbuti (Standard Cross-Cultural Sample) D-PLACE