Kongo people

E292923

The Kongo people are a Bantu ethnic group from Central Africa, primarily in present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, and Angola, known for their historical Kongo Kingdom and rich cultural, religious, and artistic traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kongo people canonical 17
Bakongo people 13
Kongo peoples 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm basketry ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
ritual objects ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
textile arts ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
colonialExperience Belgian colonization ⓘ
French colonization ⓘ
Portuguese colonization ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese Empire
continent Africa ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
culturalPractice divination ⓘ
funerary rituals ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
ritual healing ⓘ
diaspora Americas ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
diasporaInfluence African American spiritual traditions ⓘ
Afro-Brazilian religions ⓘ
Afro-Cuban religions ⓘ
linked to: Cuban Vodú

Haitian Vodou ⓘ
historicalCapital Mbanza Kongo ⓘ
historicalKingdom Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
historicalPeriod precolonial era ⓘ
historicalState Kongo Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Kongo
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
language Kikongo ⓘ
Kongo language ⓘ
linked to: Kikongo
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
notableArtObject nkisi ⓘ
nkisi nkondi ⓘ
power figure ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
belief in spiritual forces ⓘ
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing ⓘ
dance music ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
traditionalReligion Kongo religion ⓘ
traditionalSymbol Kongo cosmogram ⓘ
linked to: Palo Mayombe

dikenga cosmogram ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Cubans → ethnicOrigin → Kongo people ⓘ
Palo Monte → hasEthnicRoot → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
FNLA → ethnicBase → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Kivili → spokenBy → Kongo people ⓘ
Kisolongo → spokenBy → Kongo people ⓘ
Kizombo → spokenBy → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Kizombo → hasEthnicAssociation → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Kiyombe → spokenBy → Kongo people ⓘ
Palo Mayombe → hasCulturalRootsIn → Kongo people ⓘ
Las Reglas de Congo → hasOrigin → Kongo culture ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Nkisi → associatedWithPeople → Bakongo people ⓘ
subject linked to: nkisi
linked to: Kongo people
Nkisi → associatedWithPeople → Kongo people ⓘ
subject linked to: nkisi
Kongo → hasNameVariant → Kongo people ⓘ
Ovimbundu communities → relatedEthnicGroup → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Teke people → neighboringPeoples → Kongo people ⓘ
Cuanza Sul Province → hasEthnicGroup → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Pool Department → hasEthnicGroup → Kongo people ⓘ
Bakongo → ethnonym → Kongo people ⓘ
Ambundu people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Geechee people → culturalContinuityWith → Kongo peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Ovimbundu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Bas-Congo → ethnicGroup → Kongo people ⓘ
Kingdom of Kongo → ethnicGroup → Kongo people ⓘ
African diaspora in Louisiana → ethnicOrigin → Kongo peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Tɛgɛ → relatedGroup → Kongo people ⓘ
São Salvador do Congo → associatedWithPeople → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Uíge Province → ethnicGroup → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Northern Angola → hasEthnicGroup → Bakongo people ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Angola
linked to: Kongo people
Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola → hasEthnicBase → Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people
Vili people → neighboringGroup → Kongo people ⓘ