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Ethnic group in Central Africa
The Kongo people (also Bakongo, singular: Mukongo or M'kongo; Kongo: Bisi Kongo, EsiKongo, singular: Musi Kongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined
Kongo_people
Bantu language of west-central Africa
Kongo or Kikongo is a Bantu language spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Gabon
Kongo_language
Sacred symbol in Bakongo spirituality
The Kongo cosmogram (also called yowa or dikenga cross, Kikongo: dikenga dia Kongo or tendwa kia nza-n' Kongo) is a core symbol in Kongo religion that
Kongo_cosmogram
Traditional religion of the Bakongo people
Kongo religion (Kikongo: Bukongo or Bakongo) encompasses the traditional spiritual beliefs of the Bakongo people. Due to the highly centralized position
Kongo_religion
Topics referred to by the same term
Kikongo, one of the Bantu languages Kongo languages Kongo people Kongo religion Kongo, Ghana, a town in Ghana Kongo Central, formerly Bas-Congo, a province
Kongo
1390–1914 state in Central Africa; Portuguese vassal from 1857
The Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo: Kongo Dya Ntotila or Wene wa Kongo; Portuguese: Reino do Congo; Latin: Regnum Congo) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was
Kingdom_of_Kongo
This is a list of the rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo, known commonly as the Manikongos (KiKongo: Mwenekongo). Mwene (plural: Awene) in Kikongo meant a
List_of_rulers_of_Kongo
Topics referred to by the same term
Kongos may refer to: Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group who live along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo) to Luanda, Angola
Kongos
Religious and nationalist movement among the Kongo people
Bundu dia Kongo (Kikongo; lit. "Gathering of Kongo"), known as BDK, is a new religious movement with a political and cultural agenda that is associated
Bundu_dia_Kongo
Topics referred to by the same term
(1960–1971) People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992) M'banza Congo, capital of Zaire Province in Angola Kongo, Ghana, town in Ghana Kongo, Liberia, small
Congo
Capital of Zaire Province, northwest Angola
Kongo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈbɐ̃zɐ], [ĩˈbɐ̃zɐ], [mɨˈβɐ̃zɐ] or [miˈβɐ̃zɐ ˈkõɡu], known as São Salvador in Portuguese from 1570 to 1976; Kongo:
M'banza-Kongo
Ethnic group
the Congo and the name of the language they speak. A subgroup of the Kongo people, the Lari live in the communes of Brazzaville, the capital; and Pointe-Noire
Lari_people_(Congo)
Spiritual practices, traditions and beliefs
the Kongo cosmogram (+) that looks similar to the Christian Cross. A form of Kongo Christianity was created in Central Africa. Bantu-Kongo people combined
Hoodoo_(spirituality)
Political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Development of the Kongo Language (French: Association Bakongo pour l'unification, la conservation et le développement de la langue Kongo, ABAKO) was a Congolese
ABAKO
c. 1550–1883 coastal kingdom in west Central Africa
The Kingdom of Loango was a state created by Kongo people during approximately the 16th to 19th centuries in what is now the western part of the Republic
Kingdom_of_Loango
1665–1709 war of succession between rival houses of the kingdom of Kongo
The Kongo Civil War (1665–1709) was a war of succession between rival houses of the Kingdom of Kongo. The war waged throughout the late 17th and early
Kongo_Civil_War
Title of the rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo
Awenekongo or Mwenekongo) was the title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, a kingdom that existed from the 14th to the 19th centuries and consisted
Manikongo
The Catholic Church arrived in the Kingdom of Kongo shortly after the first Portuguese explorers reached its shores in 1483. The Portuguese left several
Catholic_Church_in_Kongo
Country in Central Africa
Kingdom of Kongo and its Bantu inhabitants, the Kongo people, when they encountered them in the 16th century. The word Kongo comes from the Kongo language
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
Topics referred to by the same term
Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group in the Congo region Congolese (disambiguation) List of Congolese people (disambiguation) List of Congolese people from
Congolese_people
Guided-missile destroyer class in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces
The Kongō class (こんごう型護衛艦, Kongō-gata Goeikan) of guided-missile destroyers in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force are equipped with the Aegis Combat
Kongō-class_destroyer
Range of beliefs that a person has two or more kinds of souls
the dual identity of Kongo people. The concept of more kinds of souls can be found also in the mythologies of several Uralic peoples. See notion of shadow-soul
Soul_dualism
Ethnic group in Benin Republic
During this period, 200 years after Portugal had already settled in the Kongo people lands on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa in the 16th century, there
Fon_people
Ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Sundi (also Sundis, Nsundi, Basundi, Kongo-Sundi, Suundi and Manyanga) are a Central African people established in three countries, in the Republic
Sundi
Ruler of the Empire of Kongo from 1509 to 1542/43
ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Lukeni kanda dynasty and ruled in the first half of the 16th century. He reigned over the Kongo Empire from 1509 to
Afonso_I_of_Kongo
Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Kongo Central (Kongo: Kongo dia Kati), formerly Bas-Congo, is one of the 26 provinces of
Kongo_Central
Afro-Jamaican religion
particular influence from the traditional religious practices of enslaved Kongo people. It also took ideas from indentured labourers during the post-emancipation
Kumina
Afro-Surinamese religion
religious beliefs and practices brought in mainly by enslaved Akan, Fon and Kongo people during the Dutch slave trade. The religion has no written sources, nor
Winti
1st President of the Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo until 1964) from 1960 until 1965. A member of the Kongo ethnic group, Kasa-Vubu became the leader of the Bakongo Association (ABAKO)
Joseph_Kasa-Vubu
Kongo Empire prophet
movement taught that Jesus and other early Christian figures were from the Kongo Kingdom. The name "Dona" indicates that she was born into a family of high
Kimpa_Vita
Religious statue in the Congo, Africa
minkondi, zinkondi, or ninkondi) are mystical statuettes made by the Kongo people of the Congo region. Nkondi are a subclass of minkisi that are considered
Nkondi
Bakongo god
of the Kongo people as early as the early 16th century by Portuguese who visited the Kingdom of Kongo. European missionaries along with Kongo intellectuals
Nzambi_Ampungu
Angolan politician (1923–2007)
to spread the war outside the traditional Kingdom of Kongo. Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China, invited Roberto to visit the PRC in
Holden_Roberto
Ethnic group
the Yoruba and Igbo peoples, and Central Africans like the Kongo people. Indigenous people make up the third largest racial identity among Puerto Ricans
Puerto_Ricans
In the Kongo Kingdom and its vassals (Loango, Kakongo, Ngoyo), the woven arts were emblematic of kingship and nobility. The coarse filament stripped from
Kongo_textiles
Angolan musician
Alberto Teta Lando (June 2, 1948 – July 14, 2008) was an Angolan musician. Teta was born in Mbanza Congo, the capital city of Zaire Province in the north
Teta_Lando
African-American carnival subculture in New Orleans
Akan, and Kongo peoples. From 1719 to 1743, the largest group came from Senegambia, and the second largest group came from the Kingdom of Kongo. These ethnic
Mardi_Gras_Indians
Congolese politician (born 1951)
Justine M'Poyo Kasa-Vubu (born 14 April 1951[citation needed]) is a Congolese politician and leader of a small political party, the Movement of the Congolese
Justine_Kasa-Vubu
States Zaire Province and Uíge Province Ethnic group: Kongo people Proposed: restoration of the Kongo Kingdom within Angola Movement: Movement of Sovereigns
List of active separatist movements in Africa
List_of_active_separatist_movements_in_Africa
Religious symbol commonly used in different branches of Vodun
Afro-American religions. Possible origins include the cosmogram of the Kongo people, or originated as the Nsibidi system of writing for the Ekoid languages
Veve
Ruler of Kongo from 1840 to 1857
Mpanzu a Nsindi a Nimi a Lukeni (1798 - 1857) was ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from the Kivuzi branch of the Kinlaza house, who reigned from 1842 until
Henrique_III_of_Kongo
Term applied by the Portuguese to some African tribes
Kingdom of Kongo. The use of the phrase took on different connotations depending on where it was applied. There were two groups of people, both known
Jaga_(Kongo)
Congolese guitarist (1944–1970)
Bavon Siongo Luambo (27 May 1944 – 5 August 1970), known professionally as Bavon Marie-Marie, was a Congolese guitarist and songwriter. He was a prominent
Bavon_Marie-Marie
Kongolese Prophet
the people of Kibangu. In a series of visions, Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the apostles, and saints then appeared to Mafuta as Black Africans, and Kongo was
Apollonia_Mafuta
Congolese singer
Aimee Françoise M'Pongo Langu (27 August 1956 – 15 January 1990), known professionally as M'Pongo Love, was a Congolese singer and songwriter. First taking
M'Pongo_Love
River in Central Africa
named after the indigenous Bantu Kongo people, known in the 17th century as "Esikongo". South of the Kingdom of Kongo proper lay the similarly named Kakongo
Congo_River
Topics referred to by the same term
dictionary. Congolese or Kongolese may refer to: Congolese people (disambiguation) Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group who live along the Atlantic coast of
Congolese
French former mixed martial artist
Cheick Kongo (born May 17, 1975) is a French mixed martial artist and former kickboxer who fights in the Heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor
Cheick_Kongo
Bakongo goddess
the Kongo people believed that the right side of the body was male, while the left side was believed to be female. Bunzi Kongo cosmogram Kongo religion
Nzambici
Congolese military officer
Justin Kokolo-Longo (1913 – 21 November 1960) was a Congolese military officer who briefly served as deputy chief of staff of the Armée Nationale Congolaise
Justin_Kokolo
Angolan victim of far-right violence (1962–1990)
apartment of a neo-Nazi in Eberswalde. They came together with 50 other people at a nightclub to "slap Negroes" (Neger klatschen), according to one of
Amadeu_Antonio
Ethnic group in Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cabinda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are a subgroup of the Kongo people. With the Yombe, the Lumbu, the Vungu, the Punu and the Kugni, they lived
Vili_people
Congolese military officer and assassin
responsible for the assassination of Marxist president Marien Ngouabi. A Kongo man, he previously served as a captain, but ended his service prior to assassinating
Barthélemy_Kikadidi
Gilbert-Pierre Pongo (22 April 1927 – 20 February 1961) was a Congolese politician and intelligence officer who briefly served as an inspector of the Sûreté
Gilbert_Pongo
Spiritual forest in Kongo religion
the physical world of the Bakongo people and the spiritual world of their ancestors. Nature is essential to Kongo spirituality. While simbi (pl. bisimbi)
Mfinda
Ethnic group of Louisiana, USA
market, sing, worship, dance, and play music, it was named after the Kongo people, it's the birthplace of jazz music. Today, Hoodoo and Louisiana Voodoo
Louisiana_Creole_people
Mythical structure in the Hebrew Bible
pestles for the masts. Frazer moreover cites such legends found among the Kongo people, as well as in Tanzania, where the men stack poles or trees in a failed
Tower_of_Babel
Congolese painter (born 1956)
prayer or the act of being judged. Samba's parents were associated with the Kongo culture, but Samba chooses to identify himself with the Kinshasa culture
Chéri_Samba
Lusimba) is a ceremonial sword of the Kingdom of Kongo. The arrival of Portuguese explorers to the Kingdom of Kongo in 1483 was soon followed by that of the Catholic
Sword_of_Honour_(Kongo)
Family of loa (spirits) in Haitian Vodou religion
instead suggested that they derived from the spirit pantheons of the Kongo people of West Central Africa. As spirits associated with anger and rage, they
Petwo_lwa
Topics referred to by the same term
Henrique of Kongo may refer to: Henrique of Kongo (bishop) (1495–1531) Henrique I of Kongo, king (r. 1567–1568) Henrique II of Kongo, king (r. 1794–1803)
Henrique_of_Kongo
Topics referred to by the same term
Nail fetish may refer to: Nkondi, wooden religious idols made by the Kongo people of the Congo region, which have nails hammered into them Hand fetishism
Nail_fetish
Angolan musician and anti-colonial activist (1919 – 1994)
do Aniceto de Carvalho, were originally from northern Angola and were of Kongo origin. They migrated to Luanda, where Liceu was born on 1 May 1919. Liceu
Liceu_Vieira_Dias
Syncretic Bakongo Catholic movement
Portuguese had begun converting the people of the Kongo to Catholicism as early as the 15th century. The nobility of the Kongo and the commoners both practised
Antonianism
Water spirit in Kongo religion
Basin, and forty percent of all enslaved people brought to South Carolina between 1733 and 1807 were people of Kongo or Ambundu descent from Angola, bisimbi
Simbi
Congolese musician (born 1962)
the Pullman Kinshasa Grand Hôtel on 30 November, followed by a concert in Kongo Central at the Ledya Hotel in Matadi. He later performed in Brazzaville
Félix_Wazekwa
Kongo spiritual healer
specialist in traditional Kongo religion. These experts also exist across the African diaspora in countries where Kongo and Mbundu people were transported during
Nganga
Bantu kingdom
which gave rise to the Simbulukeni people (existing to this day). Mbata is a precursor kingdom of the Kingdom of Kongo, as it originated from the marriage
Mbata_Kingdom
Magical amulet bag in Hoodoo tradition
amulet bags include the gris-gris and juju bags. With an origin among the Kongo people in Central Africa, the word mojo also refers to a form of conjure, Hoodoo
Mojo_bag
Genus of flowering plants in the palm family
Ijaw people of the Niger delta Nigeria, Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria, among several other West African ethnic nations and the Kongo people. [citation
Raffia_palm
Bantu ethnic group in Central Africa
had become a vassal of the Kingdom of Kongo and faced encroachment on their frontiers by numerous other peoples. Initially occupying the area between
Teke_people
of the Kongo people to convert. In 1506, a Portuguese-supported candidate for kingship, Alfonso I of Kongo won the throne. Alfonso (the Kongo royal family
Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Culture_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
1932 film
Kongo is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by William J. Cowen and starring Walter Huston, Lupe Vélez, Conrad Nagel, and Virginia Bruce. It is an
Kongo_(film)
Flat geometric figure depicting a cosmology
used structures to reflect the cosmos. The Kongo cosmogram, a core symbol in Bakongo religion of the Kôngo people, represents man's origin, destiny, and path
Cosmogram
Tracing of kinship through the female line
the time the Canary Islands and their people, called Guanches, were conquered by the Spanish. The Kongo people of Angola, the Democratic Republic of the
Matrilineality
85–87 Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Mbanza Kongo, Vestiges of the Capital of the former Kingdom of Kongo". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-02-27
List of oldest continuously inhabited cities
List_of_oldest_continuously_inhabited_cities
British boxer (born 1992)
Chris Kongo (born 23 December 1992) is a British professional boxer. On 22 August 2020 Kongo won his first professional title with a ninth-round TKO victory
Chris_Kongo
Congolese politician
occasion that the station would end the town's isolation by providing its people with direct access to information concerning events in the rest of the country
Lamyr_Nguélé
Country in Central Africa
or 1484. The kingdom's name derived from its people, the Bakongo, an endonym said to mean "hunters" (Kongo: mukongo, nkongo). During the period when France
Republic_of_the_Congo
African traditional religion
developing African diasporic traditions. Coupled with the religion of the Kongo people from Central Africa, the Vodún religion of the Fon became one of the
West_African_Vodún
Ethnic group or nation that does not possess its own state
nations can be dispersed across a number of states (for example, the Yoruba people found in the African states of Nigeria, Benin and Togo) or form the native
Stateless_nation
Mark. Dafurian: St. Josephine Bakhita Kongo people: St. Anthony of Padua. Maghrebis: St. Cyprian. Malagasy people: Vincent de Paul. Sudanese and South
Patron saints of ethnic groups
Patron_saints_of_ethnic_groups
Purported control of a human body by spirits, ghosts, demons
The Ring Shout in Hoodoo was influenced by the Kongo cosmogram a sacred symbol of the Bantu-Kongo people in Central Africa. It symbolizes the cyclical
Spirit_possession
Belgian Actor former Muay Thai/Kick boxing World Champion and MMA fighter
Congolese. Alka's background can be specifically traced back to the Ba KONGO people. Alka is born in congo but spent some of his early years in France (
Alka_Matewa
continued by King Álvaro II of Kongo in 1607 after the Portuguese brought the Order of Christ to the Kingdom of Kongo. Álvaro I was given permission by
Order_of_Christ_(Kongo)
Bakongo rain goddess
water spirit and goddess of rain in traditional Kongo religion that was first venerated by the Woyo people of the Kingdom of Ngoyo. Bunzi is sometimes depicted
Bunzi
resources of Gabon, as well as its "extensive forested area" that the Gabonese people are economically dependent on in the form of lumber. The blue represents
Flag_of_Gabon
Capital and most populous city of DR Congo
Raymackers, Kinshasa was a significant trading site where people from the Lower Congo (now Kongo Central Province) and South Atlantic Ocean exchanged salt
Kinshasa
American professional wrestler (born 1979)
1979) is an American professional wrestler best known under the ring name Kongo Kong. He is currently performing on the independent circuit – predominantly
Kongo_Kong
State on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa from 1518 to 1683
a migrant from Kongo, chief of a Kimbundu-speaking ethnic group. The Kimbundu-speaking region was known as the land of Mbundu people. It was ruled by
Kingdom_of_Ndongo
French painter
Cyril Kongo, also known as Kongo, was born in 1969 as Cyril Phan in Toulouse, France. He is a French painter and graffiti artist. Born of a Vietnamese
Cyril_Kongo
1960–1962 unrecognised state in Africa
(ABAKO) led by Joseph Kasa-Vubu, a more radical party supported among the Kongo people in the north, and Moïse Tshombe's Confédération des Associations Tribales
South_Kasai
Supreme deity in Bantu religion
water spirits called mingehe, similar to the bisimbi of Kongo religion. The Nyoro and Toro people of Uganda refer to the Supreme God as Nyamuhanga. The
Nyambe
Ethnic group
The Kumu or Komo are a Bantu people from Central Africa that lives in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Depending on the sources and
Komo people (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Komo_people_(Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo)
Pejorative term describing someone uncivilized
Syrian Bedouins, Iraqi Turkmen, and Central Africans including the Kongo people. In the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson
Savage_(pejorative_term)
2010 book by David Van Reybrouck
The Epic History of a People, HarperCollins, 2014. ISBN 9780062200112 French: Congo, une histoire, Actes Sud, 2012 German: Kongo. Eine Geschichte, Suhrkamp
Congo: The Epic History of a People
Congo:_The_Epic_History_of_a_People
Rainbow serpent loa
concept of the rainbow serpent named ndamba as held in belief by the Kongo people of West Central Africa, or so Wyatt MacGaffey and Robert Farris Thompson
Ayida_Wedo
Grave sculptures from Zaire and Angola
The Kongo place stone figures called tumba (a Ki-Kongo word, pl. bitumba) on the graves of powerful people. Bitumba were created in Zaire and Angola during
Tumba_(Kongo)
Capuchin missionary (1659–1716)
Atri in the Kingdom of Naples who spent several years in the Kingdom of Kongo. His memoirs give much valuable information about the region around the
Marcellino_d'Atri
Set of varieties of the French Language
official language, French is understood and spoken, especially among the Kongo people in the north and by Angolans with French ancestry. It's also one of the
African_French
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