Bongo

The Bongo, pygmies, are located in northwestern South Sudan and Uganda, in an area rich in shea, from which the famous African butter is extracted, and in bees, so beekeeping is an important activity of the Bongo. They have practiced iron forging and important paleocurrencies are still preserved and worship of the deceased, as attested by the various stone stelae that seem to represent ancestors of both sexes. They are related to the Madi and the BakaThey suffered persecution of Arab slave traders. Although the majority are converted to Islam or Christianity, they continue to practice the cult of ancestors and other syncretist practices, as in most of the peoples of Africa.