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The Konjo (pl. Bakonjo, sing. Mukonjo), or Konzo, are a people located in the Rwenzori Mountains of southwest Uganda. Numbering
361,709 in the 1992 census, they live on the plains, hills and mountain slopes up to an altitude 2,200 meters. Traditionally
agriculturalists and animal husbanders, they farm yams, beans, sweet potatoes, peanuts, soy beans, potatoes, rice, wheat,
cassava, coffee, bananas, and cotton, while keeping goats, sheep, and poultry. The Konjo practice traditional religions and
Christianity. Konjo speakers also live on the western slopes of the Rwenzori range in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The language spoken by the Konjo is called, variously, Rukonjo, Olukonjo, Olukonzo, or Lhukonzo. It has a 77% lexical similarity
with Nande. There are many dialects, including Sanza (Ekisanza). The Konjo were part of the armed Rwenzururu movement against
the Toro Kingdom and central government that reached heights in the mid-1960s and early 1980s. In 2008, the government recognized
the Rwenzururu Kingdom, formed by the Konjo and Amba peoples, as Uganda's first kingdom shared by two tribes. Notable Bakonjo
include Amon Bazira, a political figure instrumental in the negotiations that ended the 1980s conflict, and Charles Mumbere,
named the Omusinga (king), of the Rwenzururu Kingdom. |
Names (more)[de] Bakonjo[en] Konzo [fi] Konzot [fr] Konjo [sw] Kikonzo |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : kooLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/koohttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:koo More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: kooFreebase ISO 639-3 : koo GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |