The Gbaya, also Gbeya or Baya, are a people of western region of Central African Republic, east-central Cameroon, the north of the Republic of Congo, and the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Numbering about none hundred and seventy thousand by the late 1800s, they had originated in northern Nigeria.
The Gbaya are known for their strong resistance to the French and slavery, and revolt against them for three years starting in 1928 when they are conscripted to work on the Congo-Ocean railway.
In rural areas, the Gbaya cultivate mainly maize, cassava, yams, peanuts, tobacco, coffee and rice, the latter two of which had been introduced by the French
Today, many of the Gbaya people are Christians, though witchcraft is practiced, known as dua.
