The Tio , often called Téké ( Batéké in Kikongo or Teke according to the orthography Africanist), train people Bantou divided between the west of the Democratic republic of Congo (ex-Zaire), the south of the Congo and, minoritairement, the south-east of the Gabon.

• Téké are minority with the Gabon: 54000 are in the area of the province of the Haut-Ogooué. President Omar Bongo is Téke.

• In Republic of Congo, Téké form almost 40% of the population and are in the area of the Plateaux, the western Basin (where they are called Mbéti and Tégué), of Niari (where they are named nzabi), of Bouenza and the area of the Pool. According to the myths Congolese founders, they would go down from Nguunu, ancestor of the majority of the populations of the south Congo.

Successors of the Pygmies (Négrilles) in the occupation of Congo Brazzaville, they are founders of the large Téké kingdom, rival of the Kongo kingdom. Their king, known in the history under the name of Makoko, signed on October 3rd, 1880 with Mbé, capital of his kingdom, an agreement with the French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza.

• In Democratic republic of Congo, 267.000 Téké are located in the province of the Bandundu and the city-province of Kinshasa.

History

Téké had contacts with the Portuguese which explored the coastal region as from the 16th century. Between 16th and the 18th century, the Téké kingdom took part in the draft of slaves and the trade between Africa, the European Europe and colonies in America. The kingdom fell in 1880 following exploration from Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza on behalf of the France when their king, Illoy I {{er}} concludes a treated, said “Traité Makoko”, with this one in order to place its kingdom under the protection of France. This allowed a French establishment Nkuna which became Brazzaville thereafter.

See too

• Makoko de Mbé

External bonds

• : Pueblo Bateke

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