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Kongo across the waters / edited by Susan Cooksey, Robin Poynor, and Hein Vanhee ; with editorial assistance by Carlee S. Forbes

Part I. Kongo in Africa. 1. The culture of Mbanza Kongo / Linda Heywood and John Thornton. Focus 1. King Pedro VII of Kongo (r. 1923-55) ; 2. By the sword and the cross : power and faith in the arts ...
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Under the sign of the cross in the kingdom of Kongo : shaping images and molding faith in early modern Central Africa / by Cécile Alice Fromont

This dissertation brings together African and European historical documents and art objects to examine the correlated role of artistic form and religious thought in the cross-cultural encounter ...
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Review: Kongo Across the Waters

The Kongo kingdom ruled a swath of central Africa for 500 years. The Kongo king and his nobles surrounded themselves with finely wrought artistic objects, and when Portuguese explorers arrived in 1483 ...