Kele people (Gabon)
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The Kele people are an ethnic group in Gabon
with an estimated population of 10,774.
They live in groups around Mimongo in or near Middle Ogooue Province.
Their Kili language is part of the Northwest Bantu cluster.
They were known in the past as skilled hunters, and were also one of the main groups participating in the slave trade.
American missionaries started working with the Kele as early as 1849, but due to insecurity later withdrew to Nengenenge island.
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
with an estimated population of 10,774.
They live in groups around Mimongo in or near Middle Ogooue Province.
Their Kili language is part of the Northwest Bantu cluster.
They were known in the past as skilled hunters, and were also one of the main groups participating in the slave trade.
American missionaries started working with the Kele as early as 1849, but due to insecurity later withdrew to Nengenenge island.