Kongo people (Kongo: Bisi Kongo, EsiKongo, singular: Musi Kongo; also Bakongo, singular: Mukongo or M'kongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined...

Kongo religion (Kikongo: Bukongo or Bakongo) encompasses the traditional beliefs of the Bakongo people. Due to the highly centralized position of the...

the blending of the traditional religions brought to Cuba by enslaved Bakongo people from Central Africa with ideas from Roman Catholicism, the only...

The Alliance of Bakongo (French: Alliance des Bakongo, or ABAKO) was a Congolese political party, founded by Edmond Nzeza Nlandu, but headed by Joseph...

Father, and God of the Sun across numerous traditional Bantu religions. The Bakongo people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Republic...

Kikongo: dikenga dia Kongo or tendwa kia nza-n' Kongo) is a core symbol in Bakongo religion that depicts the physical world (Ku Nseke), the spiritual world...

Hopi people of Arizona, and the Bakongo people of Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. In traditional Bakongo religion, the four elements are...

Abrahamic religion. Many Hoodoo traditions draw from the beliefs of the Bakongo people of Central Africa. Over the first century of the trans-Atlantic...

particle ng (nk); some examples are Nyambe (Bantu), Nzambi Mpungu (Bakongo), Nzambici (Bakongo), Mulungu (Wayao, Chewa, Akamba and others), uThixo or Qamata...

"qualities" that are in the physical world and take forms in it. In traditional Bakongo religion, the five elements are incorporated into the Kongo cosmogram....

the god of fire and change. This may have a connection to an element of Bakongo cosmology called Kalûnga. It was seen as the spark of fire that begot all...

traditions and native languages or dialects include the Ovimbundu, Ambundu, Bakongo, Chokwe, Avambo and other peoples. There are over 100 distinct ethnic groups...

the sea, bodies of water, and ancestral spirits related to the sea. The Bakongo believe that in the beginning there was only a circular void, called mbûngi...

is the eternal God of Essence, as well as Moon, Earth and Sky Mother in Bakongo religion. She is also the female counterpart of the Kongo creator god,...

(Afropavo congensis), also known as the African peafowl or mbulu by the Bakôngo, is a species of peafowl native to the Congo Basin. It is one of three...

Kongo" (plural) and "Mwisi Kongo" (singular). Today they call themselves "Bakongo" (pl.) and "Mukongo" (sing.). Kongo was the earliest Bantu language to...

konga, 'to gather' (trans[itive])." The modern name of the Kongo people, Bakongo, was introduced in the early 20th century.[citation needed] The Democratic...

A solar deity is a god or goddess who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength. Solar deities and Sun worship...

Kongo-speaking communities and almost certainly began as a means for the Bakongo people to understand the spiritual nature of the world around them. Some...

documentation of the era and modern genealogical studies are listed below. The BaKongo of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Angola...

Asase Ya Children Bia • Tano/Tano Equivalents Roman equivalent Jupiter Bakongo equivalent Nzambi Mpungu Egyptian equivalent Amun Igbo equivalent Chukwu...

containers. The Bakongo people's Nkisi Nkubulu looks similar to the mojo bags in Hoodoo. The spiritual philosophy of the mojo bag also has Bakongo influence...

arrived in 1483 or 1484. The kingdom's name derived from its people, the Bakongo, an endonym said to mean "hunters" (Kongo: mukongo, nkongo). During the...

the sun Nzambi, Bakongo Sky Father and god of the sun Nzambici, Bakongo Sky Mother and goddess of the moon and earth Simbi, Bakongo nature spirits of...

The National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA) recruited from Bakongo refugees in Zaire. Benefiting from particularly favourable political circumstances...

Ambundu, but in recent times there has been an increase of the number of the Bakongo and the Ovimbundu. There exists a European population, consisting mainly...

claimed to have 58,000 members. The MNC's main rival was the Alliance des Bakongo (ABAKO), led by Joseph Kasa-Vubu, who advocated a more radical ideology...

Bakongo masks from the Kongo Central...

groups Democratic Republic of the Congo 77 80% 76 B, C, D, H, J, K, L, M Bakongo, Mongo, Baluba, numerous others (Ambala, Ambuun, Angba, Babindi, Baboma...

AbaBemba have a strong ancient connection to the Kongo Kingdom through BaKongo ruler Mwene Kongo VIII Mvemba, this is not well documented. The Bemba,...