Makere people

The Makere are an ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, living near the Bima River in the Northern part of the country.^[1][2] They speak the Mangbetu language.^[3]

A Makere man with an eagle in the early 1900s

References

1. Heale, Jay; Yong, Jui Lin (2009). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Marshall Cavendish. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-7614-4478-7.
2. Meeks, Amina Blackwood (2009). "Depths of Memories: Honouring the Makere People". In Carmen Birkle; Nicole Waller (eds.). "The Sea is History": Exploring the Atlantic. Heidelberg: Winter. pp. 57–. ISBN 9783825356125.
3. "The Congo Expedition: Regions, Languages and Tribes. Excerpted from: African Reflections: Art from Northeastern Zaire, Schildkrout and Keim, Chapter 1, AMNH and University of Washington Press, 1990". diglib1.amnh.org. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

External links

• Media related to Makere people at Wikimedia Commons