Salampasu: Strong Commercial and Cultural Relations

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The 60,000 Salampasu people live on the frontier between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (formerly Zaire) and Angola.

They maintain strong commercial and cultural relations with their southern neighbours, the Tschokwe (Chokwe) and the Lunda, to whom they pay tribute.

The Salampasu are ultimately governed by a few high-ranking chiefs who are, in turn, assisted by territorial chiefs, who supervise village chiefs. This hierarchical power structure is counterbalanced by a warriors’ society.

The Salampasu live mostly from hunting, but the women do some farming.”

They pride themselves on their warrior skills with decorative masks and are said to have fòught off the Belg!ans many times.