Long before there was a Congo Square — indeed, long before there was even a New Orleans — there was a Kingdom of Kongo. Covering an expanse of Central Africa corresponding to the modern day ...

The Kingdom of Kongo was one of the largest and most powerful in the southern half Africa. The Kingdom of Kongo was one of the largest and most powerful in the southern half Africa. At the heart ...

Congolese photographer Sammy Baloji offers a deep dive into the history of the Kongo kingdom starting from the 15th century with his work Missa Luba. The Kingdom included portions of present-day ...

Kimpa Vita attempted to unify the kingdom of Kongo through an African Christianity. For a short period, she was successful. Today she is referred to as being the mother of African unity.

Modern scholarship makes a fine thing of the records (sixteentheighteenth century) of Portuguese missionaries, traders, and slavers. Illustrations for this issue are from The Last Works of Henri ...

Film Producer and Director, Ne Kunda Nlaba, a descendant of the Kingdom of Kongo and his team take on a journey in search this once great African Empire also known as Kongo Dia Ntotila. Advertisement ...

Unfortunately, none of the essays attempt to address the kingdom’s military policies or institutions. A very good work, The Kongo Kingdom is primarily for the specialist in African history.