Bakongo

Jackie Nickerson Christian Malala posing in front of his home in Bakongo.

Congo's Unlikely Fashionistas 2011

Food shipments were halted into the Bakongo/Makelekelé regions, which had garnered the nickname “Sarajevo.”

In the Shadow of Freedom Tchicaya Missamou 2010

As my family was from the Bakongo region of Brazzaville, I was and am a Lari.

In the Shadow of Freedom Tchicaya Missamou 2010

When I was twelve, he bought a tract of land in the Bakongo area, built an enormous house, and moved us all into it.

In the Shadow of Freedom Tchicaya Missamou 2010

In London, Paul Smith was so inspired by Gentlemen of Bakongo, a photograph collection of dapper Congolese men called sapeurs, that his entire spring 2010 womenswear collection was based on their style.

Shaena Henry: Designers Bring Africa to Runways, Leave Models Behind 2009

AngolaOvimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%

Ethnic groups 2008

Ethnic groups: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%

Angola 2008

When the cross was utilized in this way by enslaved African worhsipers, it was as if the sun in its orbit was mirrored, revealing the fullness of the Bakongo religion.

The Annotated "Doin' That Rag" Robert Hunter 2005

There is an African proverb in Kikongo, a language spoken by Bakongo tribe in Central Africa that says, "A forest without young trees will die."

SPEECH BY MOHLALOGA - STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS 2004

At first, Bakongo could meet the demand by selling prisoners of war it had taken in day-to-day disputes with its neighbors.

Archive 2004-11-01 2004