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 ...

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 ...

Connected to St James' is the story of the conversion of the African independent Kingdom of Kongo. In the 15th century, the Kongolese reported a vision of St James in the sky during a key battle ...

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.