The Asua or Asoa are an Mbuti pygmy people of the Ituri forest.
The Ituri Rainforest is a rainforest located in the Ituri Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
They speak a Central Sudanic language, Asuati, and are the only Pygmy group in the east to have their own language, though it is closely related to Mangbetu.
The Asua have a patron–vassal relationship with several neighboring peoples, including, the Malele, Meegye, Makere, Popoyi, Mangbetu, and Abulu (all Central Sudanic) and the Liko and Ndaka (both Bantu).
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