The Konjo (pl. Bakonjo, sing. Mukonjo) or Konzo are a people located in the Rwenzori Mountains of southwest Uganda. Numbering 361,709 in the 1992 census, they live on the plains, hills and mountain slopes up to an altitude 2,200 meters. Traditionally agriculturalists and animal husbanders, they farm yams, beans, sweet potatoes, peanuts, soy beans, potatoes, rice, wheat, cassava, coffee, bananas, and cotton, while keeping goats, sheep, and poultry.

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  • The Konjo (pl. Bakonjo, sing. Mukonjo) or Konzo are a people located in the Rwenzori Mountains of southwest Uganda. Numbering 361,709 in the 1992 census, they live on the plains, hills and mountain slopes up to an altitude 2,200 meters. Traditionally agriculturalists and animal husbanders, they farm yams, beans, sweet potatoes, peanuts, soy beans, potatoes, rice, wheat, cassava, coffee, bananas, and cotton, while keeping goats, sheep, and poultry. The Konjo practice traditional religions and Christianity. Konjo speakers also live on the western slopes of the Rwenzori range in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The language spoken by the Konjo is called, variously, Rukonjo, Olukonjo, Olukonzo, or Lhukonzo. It has a 77% lexical similarity with Nande. There are many dialects, including Sanza (Ekisanza). The Konjo were part of the armed Rwenzururu movement against the Toro Kingdom and central government that reached heights in the mid-1960s and early 1980s. In 2008, the government recognized the Rwenzururu Kingdom, formed by the Konjo and Amba peoples, as Uganda's first kingdom shared by two tribes. Notable Bakonjo include Amon Bazira, a political figure instrumental in the negotiations that ended the 1980s conflict, and Charles Mumbere, named the Omusinga (king), of the Rwenzururu Kingdom.
  • Konzot ovat Kongon demokraattisessa tasavallassa Aminjärven länsipuolella ja Ugandan rajaseudulla asuva kansa. Vuonna 1983 heitä arvioitiin olevan Zairessa 450 000 ja Ugandasssa 200 000 henkeä. Konzojen puhuma kieli olukonzo (tai lukonzo) kuuluu bantukieliin. Suurin osa harjoittaa perinteisiä uskontoja, osa on kristittyjä.
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  • Niger-Congo
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  • Olukonjo
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  • 361,709 (1992 census)
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  • The Konjo (pl. Bakonjo, sing. Mukonjo) or Konzo are a people located in the Rwenzori Mountains of southwest Uganda. Numbering 361,709 in the 1992 census, they live on the plains, hills and mountain slopes up to an altitude 2,200 meters. Traditionally agriculturalists and animal husbanders, they farm yams, beans, sweet potatoes, peanuts, soy beans, potatoes, rice, wheat, cassava, coffee, bananas, and cotton, while keeping goats, sheep, and poultry.
  • Konzot ovat Kongon demokraattisessa tasavallassa Aminjärven länsipuolella ja Ugandan rajaseudulla asuva kansa. Vuonna 1983 heitä arvioitiin olevan Zairessa 450 000 ja Ugandasssa 200 000 henkeä. Konzojen puhuma kieli olukonzo (tai lukonzo) kuuluu bantukieliin. Suurin osa harjoittaa perinteisiä uskontoja, osa on kristittyjä.
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  • Konjo people
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  • Olukonjo
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