Mbenga people

The Mbenga people, or Bambenga, are the western pygmies of Cameroon and Gabon: the

Aka (Babenzélé, Basese, Bayaka, Nzari),
Baka (Bebayaka, Bibaya),
Gyele,
Kola (Koya), and
Bongo.

The Aka (or Yaka) and Baka are both called Bayaka; the Gyele and Kola are both called Bakola or Bakoya.

References

"Mbuti, Twa, and Mbenga". In Stokes (ed.) 2009. Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East, Volume 1

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