Yombe people

Yombe-sculpture in Louvre, Paris

At least two groups of people in Africa are described as the Yombe people.

The Ba Yombe refers to people among the tumbuka of Zambia who speak a dialect called chi Yombe. Chief Muyombe is their leader and they have Vinkhakanimba for their annual traditional ceremony. The area they live in is geographically counted as part of the Northern Province of Zambia though linguistically they are closer to the Eastern Province languages. They live on the plateau.

Another group, also referred to as the Mayombe people, live in the south-western part of the Republic of the Congo, with others living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. ^[1]

References

↑ Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (eds.), Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (1st ed.), New York: Basic Books, p. 2035, ISBN 0-465-00071-1

Ethnic groups in Angola

Ambundu Chokwe Herero Himba Kongo ǃKung Lovale Lozi Lunda Mbunda Mucubal Ovambo Ovimbundu Portuguese Angolans Twa White Angolans Xindonga Yaka Yombe Zemba

Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Indigenous	Alur Amba Avukaya Baka Bakwa Dishi Banda Banyamulenge Bemba Bembe Boa Budu Bunda Bwile Chokwe Dengese Efé Furiiru Garanganze Gbaya Great Lakes Twa Hema Hemba Holoholo Hutu Iyaelima Kakwa Kango Kele Keliko Kongo Konjo Lega Lele Lendu Logo Luba Lugbara Lulua Lunda Lungu M'Baka Mangbetu Mbo Mbole Mbunda Mbuti Mongo Mongo Twa Mono Moru Mpama Ndaka Ngando Ngata Ngbandi Nyanga Pende Sanga Songora Songye Tagbu Teke Tetela Topoke Tumbwe Turumbu Tutsi Vira Wochua Yaka Yakoma Yombe Yulu Zande Zyoba

Non-indigenous	Chinese Europeans Greek Jewish

Ethnic groups in the Republic of the Congo

Baka Bayaka Beembe Bembe Buissi Gbaya Kongo Kwele Lari Mbochi Sangha Teke Yombe

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