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    Nkondi (plural varies minkondi, zinkondi, or ninkondi) are mystical statuettes made by the Kongo people of the Congo region. Nkondi are a subclass of...
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    Nkisi (section Nkondi)
    the daytime. Nkondi (plural forms minkondi, zinkondi) are a subclass of minkisi that are considered aggressive. Because many of the nkondi collected in...
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    whose captive soul subsequently animates the nkondi figure. Based on this process, Gell writes that the nkondi is a figure an index of cumulative agency...
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    spiritual protection against withcraft. The Nkisi Nkondi is made by an nganga and the spirit of the Nkondi is used to hunt and punish evil witches. Conjure...
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    create sacred medicines, which became known as mbola. Unlike the others, nkondi were specifically used as a means to inflict pain on those who came against...
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  • 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...
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    Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category v t e...
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    mia mamba). The names of some of these Nkisi are: Na Kongo, Ma Nzanza, Nkondi and Londa. There is a significant amount of Kongo culture that continues...
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  • Bunzi Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category...
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    Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category v t e...
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    Bunzi Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category...
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    Nzambici Nzazi Phulu Bunzi Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba...
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    Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category v t e...
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    Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category v t e...
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    Chisamba Willie Musheta was succeeded by Luweji Nkondi Lyonivwa. It was during the reign of Luweji Nkondi Lyonivwa that the protests arose from the Luvale...
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    found in one of the cabins called the "curer's cabin" remains of an nkisi nkondi with iron wedges driven into the figure to activate its spirit. Researchers...
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  • Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category v t e...
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  • Nzambi Mpungu Nzambici Nzame Spirits Jengu Mami Wata Nkisi Nkondi Shetani Simbi Concepts Kalûnga Line Kongo cosmogram Nkisi Nkondi Nganga Okuyi Zebola...
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    Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category v t e...
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    linked to African-derived traditions due to a misunderstanding of the nkisi nkondi of Bakongo religion. Healing plays a prominent role in 21st century Louisiana...
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    Bunzi Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category...
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    Nkisi nkondi of the Kongo people; Nkisi means holy....
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    Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category v t e...
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  • former slaves in their digital archive. Auntie Caroline Medicine bag Nkisi Nkondi Omamori Rabbit's foot Sacred bundle Witch bottle Bradley, Jude; Coen, Cheré...
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    Kachina dolls, southwestern United States Nkisi nkondi, (Mangaaka), Central Africa, 1880–1900 CE Nkisi nkondi Book of Wizards of the Batak Toba people of...
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  • Kamanyaki 2,608 Kanjoro 3,056 Kathangachini 1,388 Maragwa 2,060 Marimanti 2,686 Nkondi 5,622 Ntugi 2,521 Tunyai 4,682 Turima 4,480 Total 40,190 *September 2005...
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    Nzambici Nzazi Phulu Bunzi Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba...
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    Nzambici Nzazi Phulu Bunzi Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba...
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    Madogo Wenje Chakol Amagoro Amukura Ang’urai Chiakariga Gatunga Marimanti Nkondi Turima Gatanga Gatundu Kamwangi (Gatundu North) Kakuzi Municipality Ruiru...
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  • abducted by hooded men. The abduction occurred outside the gendarmerie in Nkol-Nkondi, Yaoundé, at around 20:00; it was believed Zogo was attempting to enter...
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