Banda people

Banda People
Banda
	The approximate geographical distribution of Banda people
Total population
	Over 1 million
Regions with significant populations
	Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cameroon; South Sudan;
Religion
	Catholicism Protestantism Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Gbaya people, Ngbandi people, African-Americans, Afro-Brazilians, other people of the African diaspora

The Banda people are an ethnic group of the Central African Republic. They are likewise found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, and South Sudan.^[1] They were severely affected by slave raids of the 19th century and slave trading out of Africa.^[2]^[3]^[4] Under French colonial rule, most converted to Christianity but retained elements of their traditional religious systems and values.^[5]

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