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CHAPTER 5 THE KONGO KINGDOM

  • Cécile Fromont
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Great Kingdoms of Africa
This chapter is in the book Great Kingdoms of Africa
© 2023 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2023 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. Foreword RECLAIMING ANCESTRAL NARRATIVES 7
  4. INTRODUCTION KINGS, KINGSHIP AND KINGDOMS IN AFRICAN HISTORY 11
  5. CHAPTER 1 ANCIENT EGYPT AND NUBIA KINGS OF FLOOD AND KINGS OF RAIN 29
  6. CHAPTER 2 THE SUDANIC EMPIRES: THE GOLD, THE ARTS, THE RIVER 57
  7. CHAPTER 3 THE SOLOMONIC CHRISTIAN KINGDOM OF ETHIOPIA 85
  8. CHAPTER 4 THE YORUBA AND BENIN KINGDOMS 115
  9. CHAPTER 5 THE KONGO KINGDOM 143
  10. CHAPTER 6 BUGANDA 169
  11. CHAPTER 7 FROM HAUSA KINGDOMS TO THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE 197
  12. CHAPTER 8 THE AKAN FOREST KINGDOM OF ASANTE 223
  13. CHAPTER 9 THE ZULU KINGDOM 253
  14. NOTES 282
  15. SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS 307
  16. CONTRIBUTORS 308
  17. INDEX 310
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520395688-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. Foreword RECLAIMING ANCESTRAL NARRATIVES 7
  4. INTRODUCTION KINGS, KINGSHIP AND KINGDOMS IN AFRICAN HISTORY 11
  5. CHAPTER 1 ANCIENT EGYPT AND NUBIA KINGS OF FLOOD AND KINGS OF RAIN 29
  6. CHAPTER 2 THE SUDANIC EMPIRES: THE GOLD, THE ARTS, THE RIVER 57
  7. CHAPTER 3 THE SOLOMONIC CHRISTIAN KINGDOM OF ETHIOPIA 85
  8. CHAPTER 4 THE YORUBA AND BENIN KINGDOMS 115
  9. CHAPTER 5 THE KONGO KINGDOM 143
  10. CHAPTER 6 BUGANDA 169
  11. CHAPTER 7 FROM HAUSA KINGDOMS TO THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE 197
  12. CHAPTER 8 THE AKAN FOREST KINGDOM OF ASANTE 223
  13. CHAPTER 9 THE ZULU KINGDOM 253
  14. NOTES 282
  15. SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS 307
  16. CONTRIBUTORS 308
  17. INDEX 310
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