Sikasingo

The Sikasingo, or Basikasingo, are associated with the forested country of eastern Congo near Lake Tanganyika. They include groups of hunters living among the Bembe, whose traditions also remember a chief of the hunters in their account of ancestral lineages. The peoples of this region preserved relationships through kinship and ritual, as well as through their knowledge of forest resources. Carved human figures are among the objects associated with Sikasingo traditions.