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href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5" title="Батеке – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Батеке" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%C3%A9k%C3%A9" title="Batéké – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Batéké" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateke" title="Bateke – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bateke" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batekeoj" title="Batekeoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Batekeoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teke_(peuple)" title="Teke (peuple) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Teke (peuple)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teke" title="Teke – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Teke" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B5_(%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%9B)" 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Bantu ethnic group in Central Africa</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the Bantu ethnic group. For the Turkmen tribe, see <a href="/wiki/Teke_(Turkmen_tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Teke (Turkmen tribe)">Teke (Turkmen tribe)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eepa_a0287-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Eepa_a0287-02.jpg/300px-Eepa_a0287-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Eepa_a0287-02.jpg/450px-Eepa_a0287-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Eepa_a0287-02.jpg/600px-Eepa_a0287-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="648" /></a><figcaption>"<i>French Congo. Batéké cabins (Middle Congo)</i>": Colonial Postcard, c. 1905. Note the distinctive Bateke woven architecture.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Teke</b> people or <b>Bateke</b>, also known as the <b>Tyo</b> or <b>Tio</b>, are a <a href="/wiki/Bantu_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantu people">Bantu</a> <a href="/wiki/Central_Africa" title="Central Africa">Central African</a> ethnic group that speak the <a href="/wiki/Teke_languages" title="Teke languages">Teke languages</a> and that mainly inhabit the south, north, and center of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a>, the west of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>, with a minority in the south-east of <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a>. <a href="/wiki/Omar_Bongo" title="Omar Bongo">Omar Bongo</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/President_of_Gabon" title="President of Gabon">President of Gabon</a> in the late 20th century, was a Teke.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teke_people&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of the <a href="/wiki/Bantu_expansion" title="Bantu expansion">Bantu expansion</a>, the Teke established a powerful kingdom in what is now the Republic of Congo in the first millennium C.E. with religion as the basis of legitimacy.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_people,_Lower_Congo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Map_of_people%2C_Lower_Congo.jpg/220px-Map_of_people%2C_Lower_Congo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="360" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Map_of_people%2C_Lower_Congo.jpg/330px-Map_of_people%2C_Lower_Congo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Map_of_people%2C_Lower_Congo.jpg/440px-Map_of_people%2C_Lower_Congo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1344" data-file-height="2200" /></a><figcaption>Map showing teke and other ethnic groups in Lower Congo.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Teke_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Teke Kingdom">Teke Kingdom</a> flourished around the 12th and 13th centuries, but by the 15th had become a vassal of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo" title="Kingdom of Kongo">Kingdom of Kongo</a> and faced encroachment on their frontiers by numerous other peoples. Initially occupying the area between <a href="/wiki/Manyanga" title="Manyanga">Manyanga</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Malebo_Pool" class="mw-redirect" title="Malebo Pool">Malebo Pool</a>, the Teke were gradually pushed north by Kongolese raids and emigration, itself a product of the violence of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_slave_trade" title="Atlantic slave trade">Atlantic slave trade</a>, into the <a href="/wiki/Bat%C3%A9k%C3%A9_Plateau" title="Batéké Plateau">Batéké Plateau</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French first arrived in what is now the Republic of Congo in the 1880s, and occupied the Congo until 1960. During this <a href="/wiki/Colonialism" title="Colonialism">colonial</a> period, traditional Teke ceremonies were very few. Under the French, the Teke people suffered heavily from colonial exploitation. The French government was gathering land for its own use and damaging traditional economies, including massive displacement of people. The <a href="/wiki/Teke_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Teke Kingdom">Teke Kingdom</a> signed a treaty with the French in 1883 that gave the French land in return for protection. <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Savorgnan_de_Brazza" title="Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza">Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza</a> oversaw French interests. A small settlement along the <a href="/wiki/Congo_River" title="Congo River">Congo River</a> was renamed <a href="/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville">Brazzaville</a> and eventually became the federal capital of <a href="/wiki/French_Equatorial_Africa" title="French Equatorial Africa">French Equatorial Africa</a>. In the 1960s the Teke people started to regain their independence and traditional life started to flourish once again. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ethnography_and_traditions">Ethnography and traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teke_people&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ethnography and traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of the tribe shows what the occupation of the tribe was: trading. The word <i>teke</i> means 'to sell'. The economy of the Teke is mainly based on farming <a href="/wiki/Maize" title="Maize">maize</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millet" title="Millet">millet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a>, but the Teke are also hunters, skilled fishermen and traders. The Teke lived in an area across Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon. The mfumu was the head of the family and his prestige grew as family members increased. The Teke sometimes chose <a href="/wiki/Blacksmith" title="Blacksmith">blacksmiths</a> as chiefs. The blacksmiths were important in the community and this occupation was passed down from father to son. In terms of life of the Teke, the village chief was chosen as religious leader, he was the most important tribal member and he would keep all the potions and spiritual bones that would be used in traditional ceremonies to speak to the spirits and rule safety over his people. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_70.153.3_Mask.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Brooklyn_Museum_70.153.3_Mask.jpg/220px-Brooklyn_Museum_70.153.3_Mask.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Brooklyn_Museum_70.153.3_Mask.jpg/330px-Brooklyn_Museum_70.153.3_Mask.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Brooklyn_Museum_70.153.3_Mask.jpg/440px-Brooklyn_Museum_70.153.3_Mask.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1193" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Teke Mask, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Museum" title="Brooklyn Museum">Brooklyn Museum</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Teke masks are mainly used in traditional dancing ceremonies such as wedding, funeral and initiation ceremonies of young men entering adult hood. The mask is also used as a social and political identifier of social structure within a tribe or family. The Teke or Kidumu<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Who? "Kiduma" never mentioned in this article until now. (December 2012)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> people are well known for their Teke masks, which are round flat disk-like wooden masks that have abstract patterns and geometric motifs with horizontal lines that are painted in earthly colors, mainly dark blue, blacks, browns and clays. The traditional Teke masks all have triangle shaped noses. The masks have narrow eye slits to enable the masker to see without being seen. They have holes pierced along the edge for the attachment of a woven raffia dress with feathers and fibers. The mask is held in place with a bite bar at the back that the wearer holds in his teeth. The dress would add to the mask's costume and conceal the wearer. The masks originate from the upper Ogowe region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Bateke_and_notable_people_associated_with_the_Bateke">Notable Bateke and notable people associated with the Bateke</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teke_people&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable Bateke and notable people associated with the Bateke"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omar_Bongo" title="Omar Bongo">Omar Bongo</a> (1935–2009), <a href="/wiki/President_of_Gabon" title="President of Gabon">President of Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patience_Dabany" title="Patience Dabany">Patience Dabany</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_Gabon" class="mw-redirect" title="First Lady of Gabon">First Lady of Gabon</a> (1967–1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Bongo_Ondimba" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Bongo Ondimba">Ali Bongo Ondimba</a>, President of Gabon (2009–2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brice_Clotaire_Oligui_Nguema" class="mw-redirect" title="Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema">Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema</a>, Interim President of Gabon (2023–)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_David_Ganao" title="Charles David Ganao">Charles David Ganao</a> (1928–2012), <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Republic_of_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo">Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo</a> (1996–1997)<sup id="cite_ref-jafrique_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jafrique-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ngalifourou" title="Ngalifourou">Ngalifourou</a> (1864–1956), a queen of the Teke</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bateke_dogs_and_cats">Bateke dogs and cats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teke_people&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bateke dogs and cats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Teke historically breed <a href="/wiki/Dog" title="Dog">dogs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cat" title="Cat">cats</a> for domestic purposes. The <i>chien Bateke</i> is a small lean <a href="/wiki/Hunting_dog" title="Hunting dog">hunting dog</a> with a short, medium gray coat. The <i>chat Bateke</i> is large cat with nearly the same coloring as the dog. These animals constitute <a href="/wiki/Landraces" class="mw-redirect" title="Landraces">landraces</a>, rather than formal <a href="/wiki/Breed" title="Breed">breeds</a> (they are not recognized by any major fancier and breeder organizations). A majority of domesticated cats and dogs in areas bordering the Congo River are of these breeds, though ownership of domesticated animals in general is rare in the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teke_people&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anziku_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Anziku Kingdom">Anziku Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teke_people&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFReed1987">Reed 1987</a>, p. 287</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFNDINGA_MBO2010" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">NDINGA MBO, Abraham Constant (2010). 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