Kongo

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Kongo refers to the Central African ethnic and cultural group and historical kingdom whose traditions and beliefs have significantly influenced Afro-diasporic religions in the Americas.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Congo 6
Kongo canonical 5
The Congo 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu ethnic group ⓘ
Central African people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
colonialPowersInRegion Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
convertedEliteReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
cosmologyFeature belief in a supreme creator god ⓘ
dikalunga (cosmic boundary between worlds) ⓘ
veneration of ancestors ⓘ
yowa cosmogram ⓘ
diasporaRegions Brazil ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
firstContactWithEuropeansCentury 15th century ⓘ
firstEuropeanPowerContacted Portugal ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
divination ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ
ritual use of minkisi (power objects) ⓘ
hasNameVariant Bakongo ⓘ
Kingdom of Kongo ⓘ
Kongo people ⓘ
historicalCapital Mbanza Kongo ⓘ
historicalCapitalNow Mbanza Kongo, Angola ⓘ
linked to: Mbanza Kongo
influencedCultureOf African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

Afro‑Brazilians ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Brazilians

Afro‑Cubans ⓘ
involvedIn Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa ⓘ
religiousTraditionsInfluenced Afro‑Brazilian religions ⓘ
Afro‑Cuban religions ⓘ
Afro‑diasporic religions in the Americas ⓘ
Candomblé de Angola ⓘ
linked to: Candomblé

Haitian Vodou ⓘ
Palo ⓘ
Palo Mayombe ⓘ
Palo Monte ⓘ
Quimbanda ⓘ
Umbanda ⓘ
speaks Kikongo ⓘ
supremeDeity Nzambi a Mpungu ⓘ
linked to: Nzambi
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Republic of the Congo ⓘ
northern Angola ⓘ
southern Gabon ⓘ
western Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
wasMajorPolityBetweenCenturies 15th–19th centuries ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Kumina → hasHeritage → Kongo ⓘ
Frank Marshall → notableWork → Congo ⓘ
linked to: Kongo
The Congo and Other Poems → containsWork → The Congo ⓘ
linked to: Kongo
The Congo and Other Poems → titlePoem → The Congo ⓘ
linked to: Kongo
Barranquilla Carnival → hasCharacter → Congo ⓘ
linked to: Kongo
Gabrielle Van der Mal → setting → Congo ⓘ
linked to: Kongo
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life → describesPlace → Congo ⓘ
linked to: Kongo
To Katanga and Back → setting → Congo ⓘ
linked to: Kongo
1972 African Cup of Nations → winner → Congo ⓘ
linked to: Kongo