Kongo may refer to:
Kongo culture
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Kingdom of Kongo
The Kingdom of Kongo ( or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' ) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. At its gre ...
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Kongo cosmogram
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Kongo language
Kongo or Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Angola. It is a tonal language. The vast majority of present-day speakers live ...
or Kikongo, one of the Bantu languages
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Kongo languages
The Kongo languages are a clade of Bantu languages, coded Zone H.10 in Guthrie's classification, that are spoken by the Bakongo:
: Bembe language (Kibembe), Beembe (Pangwa, Doondo, Kamba, Gangala), Ndingi language, Ndingi, Kunyi language, Kunyi, M ...
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Kongo people
The Kongo people (also , singular: or ''M'kongo; , , singular: '') are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of Kikongo. Subgroups include the Beembe, Bwende, Vili, Sundi, Yombe, Dondo, Lari, and others.
They have li ...
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Kongo religion
Kongo religion (Kongo language, Kikongo: Bukongo or Bakongo) encompasses the traditional beliefs of the Kongo people, Bakongo people. Due to the highly centralized position of the Kingdom of Kongo, its leaders were able to influence much of the ...
Places
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Kongo, Ghana, a town in Ghana
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Kongo Central
Kongo Central (), formerly Bas-Congo, is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Its capital is Matadi.
History
At the time of independence, the area now encompassing Kongo Central was part of the greater province of ...
, formerly Bas-Congo, a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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M'banza-Kongo
Mbanza Kongo (, , or , known as São Salvador in Portuguese language, Portuguese from 1570 to 1976; ), is the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province with a population of 148,000 in 2014. Mbanza Kongo was the capital of the Kingdom of K ...
, the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire Province
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Kongo University, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
People
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Cheick Kongo, French heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer
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Cyril Kongo (also known as Kongo), (born 1969), French painter and graffiti artist
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Kongo Kong (born 1979), American professional wrestler
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Shekie Kongo (born 1949), Malawian boxer
Arts and entertainment
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''Kongo'' (film), a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by William J. Cowen
See also
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Congo (disambiguation)
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Kongō (disambiguation)
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Kongos (disambiguation)
*For ships of this name, see
Japanese ship Kongō
** For the ship classes of this name, see
Kongo class (disambiguation)
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