Kongo people (redirect from Bakongo) Kongo people (Kongo: Bisi Kongo, EsiKongo, singular: Musi Kongo; also Bakongo, singular: Mukongo or M'kongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined... 60 KB (7,164 words) - 21:51, 8 March 2024 |
Kongo religion (redirect from BaKongo religion) Kongo religion (Kikongo: Bukongo or Bakongo) encompasses the traditional beliefs of the Bakongo people. Due to the highly centralized position of the... 30 KB (3,769 words) - 01:11, 22 April 2024 |
the blending of the traditional religions brought to Cuba by enslaved Bakongo people from Central Africa with ideas from Roman Catholicism, the only... 106 KB (14,603 words) - 10:35, 23 April 2024 |
ABAKO (redirect from Association des Bakongo) The Alliance of Bakongo (French: Alliance des Bakongo, or ABAKO) was a Congolese political party, founded by Edmond Nzeza Nlandu, but headed by Joseph... 7 KB (866 words) - 10:18, 25 August 2022 |
Nyambe (section Bakongo people) 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... 7 KB (696 words) - 20:01, 6 April 2024 |
Hopi people of Arizona, and the Bakongo people of Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. In traditional Bakongo religion, the four elements are... 8 KB (960 words) - 01:25, 21 April 2024 |
Abrahamic religion. Many Hoodoo traditions draw from the beliefs of the Bakongo people of Central Africa. Over the first century of the trans-Atlantic... 272 KB (31,590 words) - 06:37, 13 April 2024 |
Culture of Angola (section Bakongo) traditions and native languages or dialects include the Ovimbundu, Ambundu, Bakongo, Chokwe, Avambo and other peoples. There are over 100 distinct ethnic groups... 29 KB (4,508 words) - 22:48, 11 March 2024 |
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... 7 KB (723 words) - 21:41, 31 March 2024 |
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,... 6 KB (684 words) - 08:33, 29 April 2024 |
(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... 9 KB (901 words) - 18:48, 18 April 2024 |
Kongo" (plural) and "Mwisi Kongo" (singular). Today they call themselves "Bakongo" (pl.) and "Mukongo" (sing.). Kongo was the earliest Bantu language to... 35 KB (2,753 words) - 21:47, 24 April 2024 |
List of solar deities (section Bakongo mythology) 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... 22 KB (2,747 words) - 16:56, 23 April 2024 |
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... 11 KB (1,139 words) - 19:31, 7 March 2024 |
Asase Ya Children Bia • Tano/Tano Equivalents Roman equivalent Jupiter Bakongo equivalent Nzambi Mpungu Egyptian equivalent Amun Igbo equivalent Chukwu... 12 KB (1,450 words) - 15:39, 11 March 2024 |
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... 45 KB (5,322 words) - 22:07, 9 March 2024 |
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... 69 KB (6,013 words) - 17:41, 24 April 2024 |
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... 19 KB (2,301 words) - 16:01, 5 February 2024 |
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... 83 KB (9,737 words) - 03:37, 22 April 2024 |
Bakongo masks from the Kongo Central... 47 KB (5,513 words) - 00:27, 18 April 2024 |
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... 48 KB (4,766 words) - 05:18, 21 April 2024 |
AbaBemba have a strong ancient connection to the Kongo Kingdom through BaKongo ruler Mwene Kongo VIII Mvemba, this is not well documented. The Bemba,... 130 KB (13,787 words) - 10:59, 29 April 2024 |