One such history is of the Kingdom of Kongo, which was located in present-day Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Portuguese first arrived in the Kongo region in 1483 and ensued ...

In the Kikongo language, Bundu dia Kongo means "Kingdom of Kongo'' ... Nsémi recently threatened the government, and urged people originating from outside Kongo-Central to leave the province.

A year before Columbus set sail for America, an African king was baptized and converted his kingdom into a Catholic nation that lasted nearly 370 years. King Nzinga a Nkuwu, ruler of Kongo ...

Kongo Christianity’s influence spread beyond the kingdom’s borders through diplomacy and international commerce, including the Atlantic slave trade, Fromont said. Obtaining the foreign goods sought by ...

The Kingdom included portions of present-day The Congo, the DRC, Gabon, and Angola. The performance of about 45 minutes touches on themes including politics, slavery, and the evangelisation of Africa.

The Kingdom of Kongo ruled from c.1390 in what is now northern Angola. It was led by a powerful ruler known as the Mwene Kongo and was made up of around 3 million people. Kongo was known for its ...

The Kingdom of the Kongo was a centralized state with a monarch, or Manikongo, whose seat was at M’banza-Kongo, which is in modern-day Angola. ... which was draining Kongo of its people.

John K. Thornton is an American historian specializing in the history of Africa and the African Diaspora. Born 1949 into a military family and educated at the University of Michigan (1971) and UCLA ...

Kongo was quick to adopt Christianity during this period. Balu's replica of a tomb for the Kongolese king, adorned with crosses, shows how the two cultures mixed as they engaged in commerce and ...