Komo

The Komo, also called Kumu and plural Bakomo, are a Bantu people of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, living in the forest country around Kisangani and stretching toward the Kivu highlands. Their own tradition records that they moved southwest out of the kingdom of Bunyoro, in present-day Uganda, in the early 1800s. They speak Komo, also called Kikomo, a Bantu language of the Komo-Bira group.

Their traditional religion centers on a creator named Muungu and a demiurge called Nkya, with astral legends explaining the world. Before farming or hunting begins, the Komo hold rituals with sacrifices to the spirits, and belief in magic remains part of daily life.