In rural areas, the Gbaya people cultivate mainly maize, cassava, yams, peanuts, tobacco, coffee and rice, the latter two of which were introduced by the French.
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10 Facts About Gbaya people
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Today, many of the Gbaya people are Christians, though witchcraft is practiced, known as dua.
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Gbaya people have been present in Central Africa since at least the 16th century.
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From 1912 onward, many Gbaya people tribes were forced to collect rubber for the Germans.
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Many Gbaya people joined the French to get revenge from the oppression they had suffered at the hands of the Germans.
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Gbaya people felt discriminated against in the political sphere, even after independence from the French.
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The Gbaya people speak a language of the Adamawa-Ubangi subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family.
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In rural areas, the Gbaya people cultivate mainly maize, cassava, yams, peanuts, tobacco, coffee and rice, the latter two of which were introduced by the French.
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The agriculture method of Gbaya people is called "swidden", a type of "slash and burn" farming where the forest is cleared, vegetation burnt on top of the cleared land, the farm used for a few years, then abandoned and the families move to a new area.
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Gbaya people make an alcoholic beverage prepared with honey which is known as kuri.
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