Kongo is a small town in Grand Cape Mount County, Liberia, on the border with Sierra Leone. It served an iron ore mine (the former National Iron Ore Company...

People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992) Kongo, Ghana, town in Ghana Kongo, Liberia, small town in Liberia Belgian Congo (modern-day Democratic Republic...

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rebels and refugees frequently crossing the border. Kongo Meinke Baiwala Bandajuma Diselami Gonohun Liberia–Sierra Leone relations CIA World Factbook – Sierra...

in Hoodoo, such as the Kongo cosmogram. The basic form of the Kongo cosmogram is a simple cross (+) with one line. The Kongo cosmogram symbolizes the...

Kingdom of Kongo and its Bantu inhabitants, the Kongo people, when they encountered them in the 16th century. The word Kongo comes from the Kongo language...

Antelope in 1820 and taken to Liberia in 1827 had originally been loaded on slave ships at Cabinda, and were probably Kongo people. In March 1830 92 African...

Southern United States. It has roots in traditional Kongo religion. The word goofer in goofer dust has Kongo origins and comes from the Kikongo word Kufwa which...

Port/Harbour name Province Town name Coordinates UN/Locode Remarks Port of Matadi Kongo Central Matadi 5°59′S 13°27′E / 5.983°S 13.450°E / -5.983; 13.450 (Port...

"Debout Congolais" (Kongo: Telama besi Kongo; "Arise, Congolese") is the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was originally adopted...

creole spoken throughout the nation of Sierra Leone Liberian Kreyol language, spoken in Liberia Nigerian Creole, English based creole or pidgin[clarification...

Flag of the Kingdom of Loango (c. 1550–c. 1883) Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo (circa 17th century) Flag of Kakongo (circa 15th century) Proposed flag...

colonised by European nations, reaching a point when only Ethiopia and Liberia were independent polities. Most present states in Africa emerged from a...

the Supreme Court of the Republic of Liberia. Born at the settlement of Tallah in the northwestern section of Liberia in Grand Cape Mount County, Karnga...

European control. By 1914, this figure had risen to almost 90%, with only Liberia and Ethiopia retaining sovereignty, along with Egba, Senusiyya, Mbunda...

invaders who attacked the western coast of Africa in what is now Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone throughout much of the sixteenth century. The widest deployment...

"La Congolaise" (English: "The Congolese", Kongo: "Besi Kôngo") is the national anthem of the Republic of the Congo. It was adopted upon independence from...

meal found in other African countries including Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic...

Namibia (Afrikaans, English, German) and are used as lingua francas in Liberia and the former colonies of the United Kingdom (English), former colonies...

the Catherine Mills Rehabilitation Center in Liberia, at the time the only psychiatric center in Liberia, former director Ronald Wintrob recorded beliefs...

sacrifice, mass suicide, massacres, and genocides. 1622 Kongo-Portuguese War 1665–1709 Kongo Civil War 1892–1894 Congo Arab war 1895–1908 Batetela Rebellions...

of Ruund (Luunda) Rulers of Kasongo Luunda (Yaka) Rulers of Kongo Kongo Rulers of Kongo Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville) Heads of state of...

distinguished and named. The most numerous people are the Luba, Mongo, and Kongo. Although 700 local languages and dialects are spoken, the linguistic variety...

Young, Jason (2007). Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in Kongo and the Lowcountry South in the Era of Slavery. LSU Press. p. 140. "Gullah...

The Mandombe script was invented by Wabeladio Payi in 1978 in what is now Kongo Central province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is promoted by the...

Republic of the Congo 2 UTC+01:00 (WAT) – Provinces of Équateur, Kinshasa, Kongo Central, Kwango, Kwilu, Mai-Ndombe, Mongala, Nord-Ubangi, Sud-Ubangi and...

peacetime seems to have ceased, cannibal acts are on record for civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone around the turn from the 20th to the 21st century. In...

Afonso I of Kongo's Rise to Power 1506 Battle of Mbanza Kongo 1588–1654 Dutch–Portuguese War 29 October 1647 Battle of Kombi 1622 Kongo-Portuguese War...

the Kongo people, as well as his missionary work. Liberia As I Know It This recounts Boone's time as a pastor and medical missionary in Liberia from...

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