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Ngbaka Information
Location:Northern Congo (Zaire)
Population:400,000
Language:Gbaya (Ubangi)
Neighboring Peoples:Ngbandi, Ngombe, Gbaya, Mono
Types of Art:The most common forms of sculpture center around representations of Seto and Nabo. Often they are portrayed with a heavy ridge of scars which bisect the forehead vertically. The Ngbaka also carve several types of masks and numerous utilitarian objects.
History:The Ngbaka arrived on the Gemena Plateau in 1920. They migrated fr ...
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