Kongo people (Central Africa)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kongo_people_(Central_Africa)
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:culturalPractice initiation rites
matrilineal descent
gptkbp:currency nzimbu shells
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Mbwila
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Kingdom_of_Kongo
Portuguese colonization
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kongo people (Central Africa)
gptkbp:language Kikongo
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Central_Africa
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Afonso_I_of_Kongo
gptkb:Nzinga_a_Nkuwu
gptkbp:populationEstimate 10 million
gptkbp:region gptkb:Angola
gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkbp:relatedEthnicGroup gptkb:Yombe
gptkb:Vili
gptkb:Bakongo
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Traditional_African_religions
gptkbp:slaveTradeImpact gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Bakongo_cosmology
gptkbp:traditionalAuthority gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:traditionalCraft Nkisi nkondi
Kongo textiles
gptkbp:traditionalDance Kongo dance
gptkbp:traditionalMusic gptkb:Kongo_drumming
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Mbanza_Kongo
gptkbp:writingSystem Kongo ideograms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Congo_people_(Liberia)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8