Kongo people

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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 12
Bakongo people 8
Kongo culture 1

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 Empire
surface form: Portuguese colonization
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
Cuban Vodú
surface form: Afro-Cuban religions

Haitian Vodou
historicalCapital Mbanza Kongo
historicalKingdom Kingdom of Kongo
historicalPeriod precolonial era
historicalState Kingdom of Kongo
surface form: Kongo Kingdom
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent
language Kikongo
Kikongo
surface form: Kongo language
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
notableArtObject nkisi
nkisi nkondi
power figure
region Central Africa
religion Christianity
Protestant Christianity
surface form: 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 Palo Mayombe
surface form: Kongo cosmogram

dikenga cosmogram

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Afro-Cubans ethnicOrigin Kongo people
Palo Monte hasEthnicRoot Kongo people
this entity surface form: Bakongo people
FNLA ethnicBase Kongo people
this entity surface form: Bakongo people
Kivili spokenBy Kongo people
Kisolongo spokenBy Kongo people
Kizombo spokenBy Kongo people
this entity surface form: Bakongo people
Kizombo hasEthnicAssociation Kongo people
this entity surface form: Bakongo people
Kiyombe spokenBy Kongo people
Palo Mayombe hasCulturalRootsIn Kongo people
Las Reglas de Congo hasOrigin Kongo people
this entity surface form: Kongo culture
nkisi associatedWithPeople Kongo people
subject surface form: Nkisi
this entity surface form: Bakongo people
nkisi associatedWithPeople Kongo people
subject surface form: Nkisi
Kongo hasNameVariant Kongo people
Ovimbundu communities relatedEthnicGroup Kongo people
this entity surface form: Bakongo people
Teke people neighboringPeoples Kongo people
Cuanza Sul Province hasEthnicGroup Kongo people
this entity surface form: Bakongo people
Pool Department hasEthnicGroup Kongo people
Bakongo ethnonym Kongo people
Ambundu people neighboringEthnicGroup Kongo people
this entity surface form: Bakongo people
Geechee people culturalContinuityWith Kongo people
this entity surface form: Kongo peoples