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 ...

The kingdoms of Benin, Mali, Songhai, Kongo and Asante each had their own language and unique ways of leading and governing their people, and many practised different religions. Kingdom Ruler ...

Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde, Bd. 33, European Sources for Sub-Saharan Africa Before 1900: Use and Abuse (1987), pp. 407-421 (15 pages) ...

"People (the BaKongo) remember that the Manikongo (the king of the Kongo) agreed to open his kingdom to modern influences very early on. They say that they themselves are less civilized than white ...