By interpreting the tradition in an Atlantic context, Dewulf traces the 'black Indians' back to the ancient Kingdom of Kongo and its war dance known as sangamento. He shows that good warriors in the ...

Unfortunately, none of the essays attempt to address the kingdom’s military policies or institutions. A very good work, The Kongo Kingdomis primarily for the specialist in African history. Note: The ...

Roughly chronologically arranged, “Kongo across the Waters” begins with objects dating from early 16th century, not long after the emperor of the Kongo kingdom converted to Christianity ...

The Kongo Kingdom was a sovereign nation for the first 500 years of it’s life. By 1857, the Portuguese influence of the area would reach a climax and alter the history of the nation forever.

Modern scholarship makes a fine thing of the records (sixteentheighteenth century) of Portuguese missionaries, traders, and slavers. Illustrations for this issue are from The Last Works of Henri ...

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The town of Mbanza Kongo was the political and spiritual capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, one of the largest constituted states of Southern Africa, which was active from the 14th to the 19th century.

An exciting, contemporary take on African history is examined in a recent collection of essays by leading historians.

'Kongo Across the Waters' features more than 160 artifacts, works of art from five centuries of Kongo culture.

Film Producer and Director, Ne Kunda Nlaba, a descendant of the Kingdom of Kongo and his team take on a journey in search this once great African Empire also known as Kongo Dia Ntotila.