YAKA People

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The Yaka are an African ethnic group found in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Yaka original homeland was between the Kwango and Wamba rivers in southwestern D.R. Congo.They are considered by many ethnologists to be a subgroup of the Kongo. The Suku are a subgroup of the Yakas. They live in the forest and savanna region between the Kwango River and the Wamba River. They speak the Yaka language. Rural Yaka are subsistence farmers of cassava and corn (maize) as staple crops. Their diet is supplemented when possible by hunting or fishing.

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