Kongo
Central African tongue
Kongo refers to a Bantu-speaking people of west-central Africa, primarily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, and Angola, or to their language.
The Kongo kingdom was among the most powerful in precolonial Africa.
Kongo culture and language profoundly influenced African diaspora traditions in the Americas, particularly in Brazil and the Caribbean.
African language family
- Central AfricaMiddle of the continent
- AngolaKwanza-using African state
- KinshasaDRC's capital city
- BrazzavilleCentral African capital city
traditions · ancestry · heritage · customs · clan · lineage · kinship · diaspora
Shaped three-dimensional art
- maskFace-worn concealment
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- woodworkCraft of building with lumber
- figurineSmall ornamental sculpture
fetish · ritual · ancestral · divination · symbolism · mythology · grave marker · raffia
Stream entering larger river
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- basinConcave water receptacle
- watershedDrainage area boundary
floodplain · delta · cataract · navigable · hydroelectric · steamboat · freshwater · aquatic
Domination through foreign settlement
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- ZaireFormer Central African nation
- slave tradeCommerce in human beings
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
missionaries · rubber · independence · decolonization · partition · Berlin Conference · ivory trade · exploitation
Bantu
African language family
- Central AfricaMiddle of the continent
- AngolaKwanza-using African state
- KinshasaDRC's capital city
Brazzaville · traditions · ancestry · heritage · customs · clan · lineage · kinship · diaspora · Afro-descendant
sculpture
Shaped three-dimensional art
figurine · fetish · ritual · ancestral · divination · symbolism · mythology · grave marker · raffia · textiles
tributary
Stream entering larger river
- rapidsTurbulent river section
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- basinConcave water receptacle
watershed · floodplain · delta · cataract · navigable · hydroelectric · steamboat · freshwater · aquatic · biodiversity
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- ZaireFormer Central African nation
- slave tradeCommerce in human beings
Christianity · missionaries · rubber · independence · decolonization · partition · Berlin Conference · ivory trade · exploitation