Image Kongo coat of arms.JPG thumbnail right 200px The coat of arms issued to King Afonso Nzinga Mbemba c. 1456 1542 or 1543 , also known as King AfonsoI was a ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo in the first half of the 16th century. He reigned over the Kongo Empire from 1509 to late 1542 or 1543. Biography Pre reign career Born Mvemba Nzinga, son of Manikongo king Nzinga Nkuwu, the fifth king of the Kongo dynasty. At the time of the first arrival of the Portuguese to the Kingdom of the Kongo s capital ... 16th century African people de AfonsoI. es AfonsoI del Congo fr Alphonse Ier du Kongo nn Affonso I av Kongo pl Alfons I w adca Konga fi AfonsoI ... was finally announced, Afonso was already in the city. Battle of Mbanza Kongo The strongest opposition ... an army in the provinces and made plans to march on Mbanza Kongo. According to Afonso s testimony ... about Kongo in the time of Afonso s reign is known from his long series of letters, written ... to adopt Portugal s legal code and sell land to prospectors. ref name ghost Conversion of KongoAfonso ... ref Although the degree to which Afonso was purely spiritually motivated is uncertain, it is clear that the Kongo ... reveals the connections between Afonso s men, Portuguese mercenaries in Kongo s service and the capture ... his kingdom, Afonso believed that the slave trade should be subject to Kongo law. When he suspected ... or perhaps at the very beginning of 1543, leaving his son Pedro I of Kongo Pedro to succeed him. Although his son was soon overthrown by his grandson Diogo I of Kongo Diogo in 1545 and had to take ... box before Jo o I of Kongo Jo o I title Manikongo years 1509 1542 after Pedro I of Kongo Pedro I S end References Afonso s letters are all published, along with most of the documents relating to his ... Persondata . NAME Afonso 01 Of Kongo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Afonso 01 Of Kongo Category 1450s births Category ... more details
Afonso II Mpemba a Nzinga was a ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo . Biography Little is known about Afonso II or his reign. He may have been the illegitimate son of Diogo I of Kongo Diogo I . ref name Battell page 136 Battell, Andrew and Samuel Purchas The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell of Leigh, in Angolaand the Adjoining Regions , page 136. The Hakluyt Society, 1901 ref Six years earlier, King Diogo I of Kongo Diogo had cut off all relations with Portugal and expelled them from the kingdom. The Portuguese attempted to return by plotting with another claimant for the throne to assassinate the king. Shortly after Afonso II took the throne, Bernardo I of Kongo Bernardo I murdered him and took the throne. The plot backfired for the Portuguese, however and all were driven out or killed by popular riots that same year. ref name Battell page 136 See also Kingdom of Kongo List of Manikongos of Kongo References Reflist 3 s start succession box before Diogo I of Kongo Diogo I title Manikongo years 1561 after Bernardo I of Kongo Bernardo I s end RulersOfKongoKingdom Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Afonso 02 Of Kongo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Afonso 02 Of Kongo Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 16th century African people Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown Africa royal stub es Afonso II del Congo pl Alfons II w adca Konga ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2007 Afonso III Mvemba a Nimi also spelt Affonso III was a ruler of the kingdom of Kongo during its civil war period. King Afonso III first enters written record as the ruler of the Marquisate of Nkondo. He governed that area from late 1669 until mid 1673. After which, he claimed the throne of divided Kongo. His reign was short and lasted only until the middle of 1674. See also Kingdom of Kongo List of Manikongos of Kongo RulersOfKongoKingdom DEFAULTSORT Afonso 03 Of Kongo Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 17th century African people ... more details
Afonso II of Kongo and Nkondo was a ruler of the kingdom of Kongo in the period following the Kongo Civil War. He was a member of the House of Kimpanzu and may have been supported in his claim for the throne by partisans in Soyo . He took the throne in November of 1665 in the first of a series of power grabs for the throne of the kingdom. Overthrow and Exile The House of Kinlaza , which had held the throne of Kongo for the last three decades, acted swiftly to remove their rivals from power. King Afonso II was deposed only a month into his term in December of 1665. In place of Afonso II, the Kinlaza put Alvaro VII of Kongo lvaro VII in power. The deposed king was forced to flee into the mountains of Nkondo where he ruled in opposition to the Kinlaza partisans in Kongo. He ruled Nkondo until his death in 1669. See also List of Manikongo of Kongo Kingdom of Kongo House of Kimpanzu House of Kinlaza RulersOfKongoKingdom DEFAULTSORT Afonso 02 Of Kongo And Nkondo Category 17th century births Category 1669 deaths Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 17th century African people pt Afonso II do Congo ... more details
Pedro I Nkanga a Mvemba was manikongo of the Kingdom of Kongo from 1543 until being deposed in 1545. Background Pedro I was the son of King AfonsoI of KongoAfonsoI and became his immediate successor in 1543. He was part of a splinter kanda lineage kanda known as the Kibala Portuguese Quibala or court faction or house in Kongo which had its roots in the House of Kilukeni . ref Thornton, John Elite Women in the Kingdom of Kongo Historical Perspectives on Women s Political Power , page 445. The Journal of African History, Vol. 47, 2006 ref He ruled only briefly before being overthrown by his nephew and AfonsoI s grandson, Diogo I of Kongo Diogo I . ref Thornton, John Elite Women in the Kingdom of Kongo Historical Perspectives on Women s Political Power , page 444. The Journal of African History, Vol. 47, 2006 ref Records of the events leading up to and following his dethronement were preserved in the inquest after Pedro s failed attempt to regain power. Asylum and Conspiracy During his overthrow, Pedro I managed to seek asylum in one of the churches of M banza Kongo . King Diogo I was reluctant to attempt removing him, allowing Pedro to plot Diogo s overthrow from within the church. The details of his plot are well known because Diogo launched an inquest into them in 1550. A copy of the inquest has survived in the Portuguese archives and was published in 1877 by Paiva Manso. ref ... University . See also List of rulers of Kongo Kingdom of Kongo start box succession box before AfonsoI of KongoAfonsoI title Manikongo years 1543 1545 after Diogo I of Kongo Diogo I end box RulersOfKongoKingdom DEFAULTSORT Pedro 01 Of Kongo Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 16th century African people es Pedro I del Congo pl Piotr I w adca Konga ... Nkanda a Mvemba against Dom Diogo, King of Kongo, 1550, in Kathryn McKnight and Leo Garofalo, eds., Afro ... last Thornton first John year 2001 title The Origins and Early History of the Kingdom of Kongo, c ... more details
Ant nio I Nvita a Nkanga was a list of Manikongo of Kongo mwenekongo of the Kingdom of Kongo who ruled from 1661 to his defeat and death at the Battle of Mbwila on October 29, 1665. He was elected following the death of King Garcia II of Kongo Garcia II . Like the former king, Ant nio I pursued a foreign policy focused at removing the Portuguese people Portuguese from his region. Policy against the Portuguese Since 1620, Kongo and Portugal had been in a near constant state of war with the only intervals coming after decisive BaKongo victories. After almost 30 years of decline in the face of BaKongo, Mbundu and Dutch Republic Dutch military victories, the Portuguese had retaken their colonial possession in Luanda while establishing a tenuous peace with their old enemies. Feeling threatened by Portugal s return on Kongo s southern border, Ant nio I sought to renew Kongo s war against the Portuguese with a new alliance similar to the one at the Battle of Kitombo . Unable to rely on the Dutch ... also contacted Kongo s Mbundu allies in Matamba and the semi independent kingdoms of Dembos and Mbwila ... supported by Kongo and his aunt supported by Portugal erupted, the rivals both came with armies to settle .... King Ant nio I was decapitated during or shortly after the battle his head buried with royal ... of the Kingdom of Kongo was at an end, and it would take forty years for the kingdom to be reunited. start box succession box before Garcia II of Kongo Garcia II title List of Rulers of Kongo Manikongo years 1661 1665 after Afonso II of Kongo and Nkondo Afonso II end box See also Kingdom of Kongo Battle of Mbwila House of Kinlaza RulersOfKongoKingdom DEFAULTSORT Antonio 01 Of Kongo Category 17th century births Category 1665 deaths Category Manikongo of Kongo Category Military personnel killed in action Category 17th century African people es Ant nio I del Congo fr Antoine Ier du Kongo pt Ant nio I do Congo fi Ant nio I ... more details
His life ended in 1506. He was succeeded by his son via the Queen, AfonsoI of KongoAfonsoI . ref name thornton442 References reflist See also Kingdom of Kongo List of Rulers of Kongo History of Angola Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba start box succession box before Nkuwu a Ntinu of Kongo Nkuwu a Ntinu title Manikongo years 1470 1509 after AfonsoI of KongoAfonsoI end box RulersOfKongoKingdom DEFAULTSORT Joao 01 Of Kongo Category 15th century births Category 1509 deaths Category Manikongo of Kongo ...Image Jean Roy de Congo.jpg thumb right Jo o I Nzinga a Nkuwu Jo o I of Kongo , alias Nzinga a Nkuwu or Nkuwu Nzinga , was ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo between 1470 1506. He was baptized as Jo o in 3 May 1491 by Portugal Portuguese missionary missionaries . Early reign King Nzinga a Nkuwu was the fourth or fifth ruler of Kongo. ref Oliver, Roland and Anthony Atmore Medieval Africa, 1250 1800 , page 167. Cambridge University Press, 2001 ref He was married to Queen Nzinga a Nlaza, a first cousin. ref name thornton442 Thornton, John Elite Women in the Kingdom of Kongo Historical Perspectives on Women s Political Power , page 442. The Journal of African History, Vol. 47, 2006 ref She had a son by the king named Nzinga Mbemba . She would later help him become king of Kongo after her husband s death. ref name thornton442 Under the reign of Nzinga a Nkuwu, Kongo had grown to 100,000 square kilometres and contained a very centralised government. ref Thornton, John Elite Women in the Kingdom of Kongo Historical Perspectives on Women s Political Power , page 438. The Journal of African History ... Kongo s royal family took the names of their Portuguese counterparts, thus Jo o, Eleanor or Leanor in some instances and Afonso. ref Hilton, Anne Family and Kinship among the Kongo South of the Zaire ... sailed back to Portugal carrying a party of Kongo emissaries. On arrival in Lisbon, the emissaries were ..., the king of Kongo was baptised along with his family. ref name oliver170 Oliver, Roland and Anthony ... more details
Henrique I Nerika a Mpudi was manikongo ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo from 1567 to 1568 . Like his predecessor, Henrique would also die while on campaign at the frontiers of the kingdom. He was killed while fighting the BaTeke of the Anziku Kingdom . ref Oliver, Roland and Anthony Atmore Medieval Africa, 1250 1800 , page 173. Cambridge University Press, 2001 ref References references See also List of rulers of Kongo Kingdom of Kongo Anziku Kingdom S start Succession box before Bernardo I of Kongo Bernardo I title Manikongo years 1567 1568 after lvaro I of Kongo lvaro I S end RulersOfKongoKingdom Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Henrique 01 Of Kongo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Henrique 01 Of Kongo Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 1568 deaths Category 16th century African people Category Military personnel killed in action Africa royal stub pl Henryk I w adca Konga ... more details
II of Kongo that this was accomplished. In 1587, he was succeeded by his son lvaro II of Kongo lvaro II . See also Jagas Kingdom of Kongo List of rulers of Kongo start box succession box before Henrique I of Kongo Henrique I title Manikongo years 1568 1587 after lvaro II of Kongo lvaro II end box RulersOfKongoKingdom DEFAULTSORT Alvaro 01 Of Kongo Category 16th century births Category 1587 deaths Category History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 16th century African people fr Alvare I du Kongo ...unreferenced date October 2008 File Kongo coat of arms for Alvaro I.JPG thumbnail right 300px The coat of arms issued to King lvaro I in 1578 lvaro I Nimi a Lukeni lua Mvemba was a Manikongo Mwene Kongo , or king of Kingdom of KongoKongo , from 1568 to 1587. Biography lvaro s father was an unknown Kongo nobleman who died, leaving his mother to remarry to King Henrique I of Kongo Henrique I . When Henrique I died fighting on the eastern frontier, he had left lvaro as his regent. According to Duarte Lopes , Kongo s ambassador to Rome in 1584 88, lvaro had taken up the kingship by common consent. However, there do appear to have been others who wished to be king, and some scholars, notably Francois Bontinck , think that lvaro s rule was seen as an usurpation. The invasion of the Jagas , which ... Kongo, and flee to an island in the Congo River . From that place he sought help from Portugal to restore ... lvaro and regaining control of the Portuguese community in Kongo by building a fort to protect them. However that might be, strong opposition by Portuguese in Kongo, led by lvaro s confessor, Francisco ... failed, however, as the Kongo army was overextended and could not cross the Bengo River successfully. lvaro sought to Culture of Europe Europeanize Kongo more fully than had been the case before. He was the first king to refer to the capital city as M banza Kongo S o Salvador . He also sought ... more details
Garcia I Mvemba a Nkanga was a manikongo of Kingdom of KongoKongo whom ruled from April 27, 1624 to March 7, 1626. Early Reign Garcia I was the son of King Pedro II of Kongo Pedro II . ref name Heywood, Linda M page 141 Heywood, Linda M. and John K. Thornton Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585 1660 , page 141. Cambridge University Press, 2007 ref He was the second and last king from the House of Nsundi begun by his father in 1622. When Pedro II died in 1624, Garcia succeeded peacefully to the throne. Prior to his reign, his father had arranged for an anti Portuguese alliance with the Dutch West Indian Company. When the Dutch arrived in 1624 ready to seize Luanda, Ant nio da Silva intercepted the fleet s delegation at Soyo. ref Heywood, Linda M. and John K. Thornton Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585 1660 , page 140. Cambridge University Press, 2007 ref Acting against the wishes of the House of Nsundi, Silva feigned ignorance of the Dutch Kongo plan and insisted that since Pedro II s death all Garcia I wanted was peace between Kongo and Portugal. ref name Heywood, Linda M page 141 Overthrow There were those within Kongo s nobility unwilling to allow the House of Nsundi to continue on the throne. At the behest of the royal ladies at court, the Duke of Nsundi Manuel Jord o marched an army on the capital of S o Salvador. ref name Thornton, John page 450 Thornton, John Elite Women in the Kingdom of Kongo Historical Perspectives on Women s Political Power , page 450. The Journal of African History ... regained the throne of Kongo. ref name Thornton, John page 450 References references See also List of rulers of Kongo Kingdom of Kongo House of Nsundi start box succession box before Pedro II of Kongo Pedro II title Manikongo years 1624 1626 after Ambr sio I of Kongo Ambr sio I end box RulersOfKongoKingdom DEFAULTSORT Garcia 01 Of Kongo Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 17th century African ... more details
Ambr sio I Nimi a Nkanga was a mwenekongo of the Kingdom of Kongo who ruled from March 1626 to March 7, 1631. Rise to Power Ambr sio I was the nephew of Alvaro III of Kongo lvaro III and as such was a member of the royal House of Kwilu . ref Thornton, John Elite Women in the Kingdom of Kongo Historical Perspectives on Women s Political Power , page 450. The Journal of African History, Vol. 47, 2006 ref When Alvaro III died on May 4 of 1622, he had only a young son to leave as heir. Instead of putting an easily manipulated juvenile on the throne at a time when the Portuguese under the renegade governor Jo o Correia de Sousa was threatening the country, the royal council elected the Duke of Mbamba as King Pedro II of Kongo Pedro II . This ushered in the short lived royal House of Nsundi . King Pedro II was peacefully succeeded by his son Garcia I of Kongo Garcia I but the calm was not to last. In 1626, Garcia was overthrown by disgruntled nobles led by Manuel Jord o the Duke of Nsundi. At the request of the royal ladies of the court, many of whom fervant partisans of the House of Kwilu, Jord o had Ambr sio crowned as king restoring the Kwilu Kanda lineage kanda to power. Reign as King King Ambr sio fell out with his benefactor after two years and accused him of eyeing the throne. ref name Heywood, Linda M page 142 Heywood, Linda M. and John K. Thornton Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585 1660 , page 142. Cambridge University Press, 2007 ref The king quickly moved to and succeeded at removing Jord o from his post as Duke of Nsundi, having ... List of rulers of Kongo Kingdom of Kongo House of Kwilu start box succession box before Garcia I of Kongo Garcia I title Manikongo years 1624 1631 after lvaro IV of Kongo lvaro IV end box RulersOfKongoKingdom DEFAULTSORT Ambrosio 01 Of Kongo Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 1631 deaths Category ... which culminated in a massive revolt. King Ambr sio I was overthrown and killed March 7, 1631. ref ... more details
by his son AfonsoAfonsoI of Kongo Mvemba a Nzinga . He faced a serious challenge from a half ... that factions formed behind prominent men, such as AfonsoI s son, Pedro Pedro I of Kongo Nkanga a Mvemba and Diogo Diogo I of Kongo Nkumbi a Mpudi , his grandson who ultimately overthrew Pedro in 1545 ... Afonso s death. By 1794, the throne ended up in the hands of Henrique I of Kongo Henrique I , a man ... Roman Catholic Church in Kongo File Jean Roy de Congo.jpg thumb right Jo o I Nzinga a Nkuwu In 1483 ... the first school. Nzinga a Nkuwu took the name of Jo o I of Kongo Jo o I in honor of Portugal s king ..., AfonsoI established Christianity as the state religion of his kingdom. ref name Encyclopedia of World Biography 2008 King AfonsoI worked to create a viable version of the Roman Catholic Church ... to assist Kongo s religious development, Afonso created a syncretic version of Christianity that would ... studied hard at this task. Rui d Aguir once said AfonsoI knew more of the church s tenets than ... of S o Tom . Slavery had existed in Kongo long before the arrival of the Portuguese, and Afonso ... from Kongo s campaigns of expansion. In addition, the slaving wars helped Afonso consolidate his power .... King Diogo I of Kongo Diogo I skillfully replaced or maneuvered the entrenched after he was crowned ... and replaced with a bastard son who was more pliant to Tomista interests Afonso II of KongoAfonso II . The common people of Kongo were enraged at his enthronement and responded with riots ... I of Kongo Bernardo I . King Bernardo allowed the boycott of Portuguese trade to continue while ... in 1567. The next manikongo, Henrique I of Kongo Henrique I was drawn into a war in the eastern part of the country where he was killed, leaving the government in the hands of his stepson lvaro I of Kongo ... witnesses. Kongo under the House of Kwilu lvaro I came to the throne during another contest over ... I of Kongo Mvemba a Nkanga was elected king. King Garcia I was more forgiving of the Portuguese and had ... more details
his tour of Angola in 1992. Another interesting site of historical significance is the memorial to AfonsoI of Kongo King AfonsoI s mother near the airport, which commemorates a popular legend that began ... the reign of AfonsoI , stone buildings were added, including a palace and several churches. The town grew substantially as the kingdom of Kongo expanded and grew, and an ecclesiastical statement ... website footnotes M banza Kongo , formerly known as S o Salvador in Portuguese language Portuguese ... isbn 9780761448457 pages 136 ref M banza Kongo properly Mbanza Koongo or K ngo in most acceptable orthographies ... . History M banza Kongo was once the home of the Manikongo , the ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo , which ... for the first time in the letters of lvaro I 1568 1587 and was carried on by his successors. The name was changed back to City of Kongo Mbanza Kongo after Angolan independence in 1975. When the Portuguese arrived in Kongo, Mbanza Kongo was already a large town, perhaps the largest in sub equatorial ... of Kongo, according to the visitor Giovanni Francesco da Roma 1648 . The city was sacked several ... in 1678. It was reoccupied in 1705 by Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita s followers and restored as Kongo s capital by King Pedro IV of Kongo in 1709. It was never again depopulated though its population fluctuated ... ?id 25 Explore M banza Kongo with Google Earth on Global Heritage Network References reflist ... Category Former populated places in Angola af M Banza Kongo bg de M banza Kongo es M Banza Kongo fr Mbanza Kongo hr M banza Kongo it Mbanza Congo municipio sw M banza Kongo kg Mbanza Kongo lt Mbanza Kongas nl M banza Kongo ja nn Mbanza Kongo pl M banza Kongo pt M Banza Kongo ro M Banza Kongo fi Mbanza Kongo war M banza Kongo ... more details
Nanga of Kongo was the second ruler or manikongo of the Central African kingdom of Kingdom of KongoKongo . The dates and events of his reign are unknown. It is known that he was a cousin of the kingdom s founder, Lukeni lua Nimi . See also List of rulers of Kongo Kingdom of Kongo s start succession box before Lukeni lua Nimi title Manikongo years 1410s after Nlaza of Kongo Nlaza s end RulersOfKongoKingdom Category Kongolese royalty Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 15th century African people Africa stub ... more details
Nlaza of Kongo was a manikongo of the Central African kingdom of Kingdom of KongoKongo in the early 15th century. Little is known about him or his reign other than he was one of two cousins of Kongo s founder, Lukeni lua Nimi . See also Kingdom of Kongo List of rulers of Kongo start box succession box before Nanga of Kongo Nanga title Manikongo years 1430s after Nkuwu a Ntinu of Kongo Nkuwu a Ntinu end box RulersOfKongoKingdom Category Kongolese royalty Category Manikongo of Kongo Category 15th century African people ... more details
on hehalf of then king Alvaro I of Kongo Alvaro I . ref name Oliver page 173 Though forced completely out of Kongo by the mid 1570s, they continued to be a force on the border. They later exported many mercenary troops to Kongo during its Kongo Civil War civil war . Imbangala Jagas The Portuguese ... were constant victims of the Kongo slave traid and eventually invaded their western neighbor in 1568 ... See also Kingdom of Kongo Yaka Lunda Empire Imbangala Kasanze History of Angola DEFAULTSORT Jaga ... more details
Infobox Language familycolor Niger Congo name Kongo nativename Kikongo states flag Angola br flag Democratic ... ld3 San Salvador Kongo ll3 none The Kongo language , or Kikongo , is the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo ... who were taken from the region and sold as slaves in the Americas . For this reason, while Kongo ... of Kongo, with perhaps two million more who use it as a second language . File Kikongo m.jpg thumb left Prayer in Kongo File LanguageMap Kikongo Kituba.png thumb 240px Map of the area where Kongo and Kituba ... the region Kituba also called Kikongo de L tat or Kikongo ya Leta Kongo of the state in French language French or Kongo , Kituba and Monokituba also Munukituba . The constitution of the Republic ... was first published in Kongo in 1905, Kongo was the earliest Bantu languages Bantu language which was committed ... was produced under the authority of Diogo Gomes, a Jesuit born in Kongo of Portuguese parents ..., edited and published a Kongo translation of the Portuguese catechism of Marcos Jorge. The preface informs us that the translation was done by Kongo teachers from S o Salvador modern Mbanza Kongo and was probably partially the work of F lix do Esp rito Santo also a Kongo . The dictionary was written ... priest from Kongo who became a Capuchin as Francisco de S o Salvador . In the back of this dictionary is found a sermon of two pages written only in Kongo. The dictionary has some 10,000 words. English words of Kongo origin The Southern American English word goober , meaning peanut , comes from Kongo nguba . ref http www.bartleby.com 61 16 G0191600.html Bartleby.com ref See also Kituba References ... language.asp?code kng Ethnologue entry for the Kongo language http www.websters online dictionary.org definition Kongo english Kongo English Dictionary http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc Kongo PanAfrican L10n page on Kongo Languages of Angola African Union languages DEFAULTSORT Kongo Language Category Kongo language Category Bantu languages Category Languages of the Democratic Republic ... more details
Kongo University l Universit Kongo in French is a university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . Its name is abbreviated to UK , after its French name. The main offices of the university are located in Mbanza Ngungu . UK currently operates two linked campuses, at Mbanza Ngungu and at Kisantu . A permanent third campus at Mbanza Luvaka has been under construction since 1992. Faculties and programs Mbanza Ngungu Campus Faculty of Business and Economics Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Law Kisantu Campus Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Literature and Mass Communication External links http wwww.universitekongo.org Kongo University official site available in French http www.nekongo.org uni kongo1 index english.htm Kongo University available in English, French, Kikongo and Portuguese coord missing Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Educational institutions with year of establishment missing Africa university stub DRCongo stub kg Universit Kongo ... more details
Kongo Central formerly Congo Centrale , Bas Za re , then Bas Congo is a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . At the time of the independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the province was part of the greater province of Kinshasa Leopoldville , along with the current provinces of Kinshasa , Kwango Province Kwango , Kwilu Province Kwilu and Mai Ndombe Province Mai Ndombe . It is the only province with a coastline Atlantic Ocean , and its provincial capital is Matadi . The province borders Kinshasa to the north east, Kwango Province Kwango to the east, and the Republic of Angola to the south as well as the Republic of the Congo and Cabinda to the north. Geography The only other official city is Boma . Other towns include Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo Banana , Muanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo Muanda , Boma, Congo Boma , Mbanza Ngungu , Kitona , Lukula , Maduda , Kimpese and Vivi, Democratic Republic of the Congo Vivi . In legal terms, Muanda is mainly a territory of the City of Boma, but also a town territories take their names from the name of their main town . Banana is a town in the territory of Muanda. Cities Boma, Congo Boma Matadi Territories Image Bas congo.JPG thumb right thumb Landscape of Kongo Central Kasangulu Kimvula Lukula Luozi Madimba Mbanza Ngungu Muanda Seke Banza Songololo Tshela Kongo Central Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo coord missing Democratic Republic of the Congo Category Kongo Central DRCongo geo stub de Kongo Central es Kongo Central fr Kongo central he kg Kongo ya Kati pl Kongo Centralne pt Congo Central fi Keski Kongo wa Province do Kongo central zh ... more details
Kongo class may refer to either Kong class battlecruiser , a class of battlecruisers in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Kong class destroyer , a class of destroyer currently in service with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Paket kongo are Haiti an spiritual objects made by Haitian Vodou vodou priests and priestesses houngans and mambos during Petwo ceremonies. Their name comes from the ancient Kongo Kingdom in Africa , where similar objects called nkisi nikisi wambi are found. Kongolese nkisi use different materials from the Haitian paket, however. A paket is a collection of magical ingredients herbs, earth, vegetable matter wrapped in fabric and decorated with feathers, ribbons and sequins. Paket kongo are said to have the power of heating or activating the lwa . Hence the term pwen cho hot point sometimes used to refer to them. Paket serve as power objects and are kept on vodou altars and used in healing ceremonies. They are also used as protective amulets in people s homes, bringing health, wealth and happiness. Their efficacy supposedly depends on a technique of careful wrapping seven or nine times symbolic of an umbilical cord connecting the charm to the universe. Indeed, their appearance roughly resembles that of a human body some have arms , and their colors and ornamentation are sometimes, but not always, symbolic of a specific lwa. Category Religion in Haiti ... more details
Infobox martial artist name Cheick Kongo image CheickKongo2.png image size 150px caption birth name Cheick ... ref born May 17, 1975 , more commonly known as Cheick Kongo , is a professional French people French ... of the Congo Congolese father, Kongo began training in martial arts when he was 5 years old, learning ... back rower. Mixed martial arts career On June 10, 2001, Kongo began his professional career by knocking out Doog Ward. Kongo then followed up that win with a TKO over Dave van der Veen. He then lost ... Silva, Wanderlei Silva in the early days of Pride FC. Ultimate Fighting Championship Kongo entered the UFC to fight Gilbert Aldana at UFC 61 , whom he beat by TKO due to a doctor stoppage. Kongo followed ... to UFC newcomer Carmelo Marrero at UFC 64 . Then, Kongo defeated Assuerio Silva by majority decision ... Dan Evensen Dan The Viking Evensen , whom he defeated by first round TKO. Kongo fought at UFC ... by TKO. Kongo dropped Al Turk with two right hands. Then fired on a vicious ground and pound attack, Kongo pounced on Al Turk with elbows and punches, opening up a big cut above the eye. ref name sherdog.com ... he then defeated Antoni Hardonk at UFC 97 ref http mma.fanhouse.com 2009 02 06 ufc 97 cheick kongo antoni hardonk liddell shogun silva leite ref by second round TKO. Kongo replaced Heath Herring at UFC ... was to defeat Velasquez, Kongo would earn a title shot against the winner of the UFC 100 Heavyweight Championship between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir . This was not to be, as Kongo lost to Velasquez ..., but delivering effective ground and pound whenever the bout went to the floor. Kongo was then booked to face Frank Mir at UFC 107 . During the pre fight talk, Mir constantly disrespected Kongo, stating that he had no ground game, so at the weigh ins Cheick Kongo showed his back to Mir, to be disrespectful ... that dropped Kongo, Mir finished him with a guillotine choke that rendered Kongo unconscious just 72 ... publisher SHERDOG.com date 2009 12 12 ref Kongo defeated Paul Buentello on March 21, 2010 at UFC Live ... more details
as Poppy Joe Bonomo strongman Joe Bonomo as Gorilla Production The King of the Kongo was the first film .... King of the Kongo is sometimes misreported as an alternate title for the serial King of the Wild ... imdb title id 0020059 title The King of the Kongo Amg movie 27447 s start succession box title Mascot ... years The King of the Kongo 1929 in film 1929 after The Lone Defender 1930 in film 1930 end Richard Thorpe Mascot serials DEFAULTSORT King of the Kongo, The Category 1929 films Category 1920s adventure ... Category Mascot Pictures film serials Category Films directed by Richard Thorpe pt The King of the Kongo ... more details
Kongo is a small town in western Liberia on the border with Sierra Leone . It serves an iron ore mine, with a narrow gauge railway, which are currently out of use. There are similar iron ore deposits across the Mana River West Africa which forms the border. See also Railway stations in Liberia References reflist External links http maps.msn.com 28iys0to45qgbneeqsbb0qsmfj 29 map.aspx?lats1 7.330278&lons1 11.139722&alts1 1®n1 2 MSN Map coord 07 19 49 N 11 08 23 W display title Liberia geo stub Category Populated places in Liberia ... more details
reset to 4 seconds because of this. Now, with this being Deimon s final play, both Kongo brothers ... multiple quarterbacks. In the case of Dragon Fly , it is both Kongo brothers. With the Golden Dragon ... more details
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