Tsogo (African people)

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Name (Hebrew)
צוגו (עם אפריקני)
Name (Latin)
Tsogo (African people)
Other forms of name
Apindji (African people)
Ashogo (African people)
Getsogho (African people)
Getsogo (African people)
Ghetsogho (African people)
Isogho (African people)
Isogo (African people)
Itsyogho (African people)
Mitshogho (African people)
nne Mitsogho (African people)
Mitsogo (African people)
Nitsogho (African people)
Shogo (African people)
Sogo (African people)
Tsogho (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Gabon
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q6882954
Library of congress: sh 85086300
Sources of Information
  • Raponda Walker, A. Grammaire Ghetsöghö, 1996:p. 7 (Les Mitsöghö, improprement appelés Isöghö ou Itsyöghö, sont une peuplade de la Ngounié, apparentée au point de vue linguistique --aux Apindji, aux Simba et aux Okandè, ainsi qu'aux Mpongwè et autres races de langue Omyènè. Leur idome les rapproche également des Ivéa ou Evéa et des Pove ou Bavove.)
  • Biebuyck, D. African ethnonyms, 1996:p. 260 (Tsogo (Gabon). Var.: Mitshogho, Mitsogo, Mitsogho, Nitsogo, Shogo, Sogo, Tsogho. Note: Bantu language. According to several sources, the Apindji are a closely related group.)
  • Ethnologue, 13th ed., Internet ed.:under Gabon (Tsogo (Getsogo, Ghetsogo, Mitsogo) Ngounie Province, north and east of Mouila. Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, B, Tsogo (B.30). The people are called 'Mitsogo')
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Wikipedia description:

The Mitsogo or Tsogo are an ethno-cultural group from the highlands of Gabon. They reside mainly in Ngounié Province to the north and east of Mouila. Numbering around 13,000, they speak the Tsogo language. In the late 19th and early 20th century they were known for their fierce resistance to the French.

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