Question

Which of the following tribes is a tribal group of the Congo Basin?
A) Bantus
B) Kubus
C) Semangs
D) Pygmies

Answer 1

Hint: More than 75 million people rely on the Congo Basin for food, freshwater, and shelter. There are about 150 ethnic groups in the region, with the Ba'Aka being one of the most well-known examples of an ancient hunter-gatherer culture. The Ba'Aka, BaKa, BaMbuti, Efe, and other related groupings are among them.

Complete answer:
Africa is home to more than 50 independent countries and is home to roughly 16% of the world's population. This equates to more than 1.2 billion individuals. There are nearly 3000 different tribes inside these 54 separate and unique countries.

Let us look into the given options:
A) Bantus: Bantu tribes speak Bantu languages and are made up of several hundred indigenous ethnic groups distributed over Africa, from Central Africa to the African Great Lakes and on to Southern Africa. Hence, this is an incorrect option.

B) Kubus: The Kubu are the indigenous people of southern Sumatra. They have lived in the lowland tropical woods of Jambi and South Sumatra provinces for millennia as traditional hunters and gatherers, surviving by gathering a wide range of edible forest resources and hunting. Thus, this option is incorrect.

C) Semangs: The Semang are a Malay Peninsula Negrito ethnic group. They've been documented in the Malay Peninsula from before the third century. They are classified as nomadic hunter-gatherers ethnologically. Other Orang Asli tribes are associated with the Semang. Thus, this option is an incorrect one.

D) Pygmies: The African Pygmies (or Congo Pygmies) are a set of tribal ethnicities native to Central Africa, primarily the Congo Basin, who originally lived as foragers and hunter-gatherers. Thus, this is the correct option.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: The majority of pygmy groups are hunter-gatherers that rely on the wild products of their area to supplement their diet. They live a nomadic and migratory lifestyle. They live in small communities with only 10 to 15 families, and to shield themselves from venomous snakes and insects, they build their dwellings out of tree branches on the riverbanks and occasionally on trees.