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Songye (African people)

LC control no.sh 85125036
LC classificationDT650.S55
Topical headingSongye (African people)
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Variant(s)Basonge (African people)
Basongye (African people)
Bassonge
Bassonge (African people)
Bayembe (African people)
Kisongye (African people)
Songe (African people)
Wasonga (African people)
See alsoBantu-speaking peoples
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Ethnology--Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Luba (African people)
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Found inMerriam, A. An African world : the Basongye village, 1974.
Biebuyck, D. African ethnonyms, 1996 (Songye; Basongye, Basonge, Bayembe, Songe)
Ethnologue, 2000 (Songe: Democratic Republic of Congo; alternate names: Songye, Kisongye)
Africana encyclopedia, 1999 (Songye (also known as Songe); ethnic group of the Democratic Republlic of the Congo; speak a Bantu language; closely related to the Luba people; variant: Wasonga)