Dengese people

{{refimprove|date=October 2025}} thumb|Dengese boys in Bakomo village (Kasai) The '''Dengese''', also known as the '''Ndengese''', are an ethnic group from Democratic Republic of the Congo. They speak Bondengese and Lingala.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}

They go by various names, including Bonkese, Bonkesse, Dekese, Dengese, Dengeses, Ileo, Ndengeses, Ndengse, Ndenkese, and Nkutu.<ref>{{cite web|title=Archive: Ndengese (peuple d'Afrique)|work=RAMEAU, BnF |url=http://data.bnf.fr/12360774/ndengese__peuple_d_afrique_/|access-date=20 October 2025}}</ref>

The population numbers an estimated 12,000 people.<ref>Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, in ''L'Art tribal d'Afrique noire'', Thames & Hudson, 2010, p. 173</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery> NIND MuseeL-Ndengese ISO200.jpg|Dengese statue in the Musée L Statue Ndengese-Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (1).jpg|Détail de statue à scarifications<ref>Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale</ref> Ndengese Throwing Knife.jpg|Couteau de jet </gallery>

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== External links == [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/310981 The Dengese of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]

[https://www.african-arts-gallery.com/african-art/ethnicity-Ndenguese African art - Ndenguesé]{{Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo}}

Category:Bantu peoples Category:Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo