The M'baka are a minority people in the Central African Republic

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

 and northwest Democratic Republic of Congo. The former President and Emperor, Jean-Bédel Bokassa

Jean-Bédel Bokassa

Jean-Bédel Bokassa , a military officer, was the head of state of the Central African Republic and its successor state, the Central African Empire, from his coup d'état on 1 January 1966 until 20 September 1979...

, was M'Baka, as was the CAR's first President, David Dacko

David Dacko

David Dacko was the first President of the Central African Republic , from August 14, 1960 to January 1, 1966, and the third president of the CAR from September 21, 1979 to September 1, 1981...

 and Prime Minister Barthélémy Boganda

Barthélemy Boganda

Barthélemy Boganda was the leading nationalist politician of what is now the Central African Republic. Boganda was active prior to his country's independence, during the period when the area, part of French Equatorial Africa, was administered by France under the name of Oubangui-Chari...

. The M'baka speak the Ngbaka Ma'bo

Ngbaka Ma'bo

The Mbaka or Bwaka language, Ngbaka Ma'bo is a major Ubangian language spoken by the M'Baka people of CAR and Congo....

 language and have a population of roughly 300,000..

Another famous member of this tribe is Congolese singer Koffi Olomide

Koffi Olomide

Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba, also known as Koffi Olomide , is a DR Congolese soukous singer, dancer, producer, and composer. He is also known by a multitude of other names and aliases.-Background:...

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