Religion:        Roman Catholic, Traditional
                        0% Evangelical Christian (CPPI, 1999);
Population:     247,169 (CPPI, 1999)
Status:   Unreached, Unengaged (CPPI)
Registry of Peoples code (Registry of Language code): Seba  105411  (kdg)

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NARRATIVE PROFILE

Location:
The Seba people are found in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo.  The Ethnologue locates the Seba in Katanga Province, Kasenga Territory.

History:
Like most ethnic groups in DRC, the Seba are a Bantu people, a term deriving form linguistic classification terms.  The Bantu peoples migrated east, west and south out of Central Africa sometime around the time of Christ, or a little before.  No information was found about the specific history of the Seba people.

Identity:
CPPI reports a Seba population of 247,169.  The Ethnologue reports a population of 167,000 in 2002.  The Seba people are a Bantu group with a language related to classified in the Yaka group.  They are also called Kunda.  There are several peoples named Kunda in Africa.  Other names for the Seba or their language are Sewa and Shishi.

Language:
The Ethnologue lists the language under the name Seba.  The Ethnologue comments further that the speech of the Seba people is distinct from Kunda dialect of Lusengo, the Kunda of Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the Senga-Sena group, the Kunda dialect of Nyanja, and the Konda dialect or language in Mongo group.

Religion:
CPPI reports the Seba as Roman Catholic with no evangelical believers.  No further details could be found from sources on the status of religion or Christian faith related to the Seba people of DRC.

Christianity:
No details could be found on the status or history of Christian faith related to the Seba people of DRC.

There is no version of the Jesus Film in Seba (Kunda).  No Bible portions are reported in the language.  Likewise Global Recordings Network reports they have no recorded oral gospel resources in Seba.

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Sources
Seba (CPPI)
Seba (Kunda) language (Ethnologue)

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Dr. Orville Boyd Jenkins
Prepared 25 February 2006
Last updated 23 November 2007
Cultural Research Consultant
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