Wanna hurt somebody? Or make them fall in love with you? Africa's Kongo people entreat power figures to do their bidding. These forbidding wooden statues riddled with nails, draped in leather and ...

"For the Kongo people who put this into the world, the sacra that is missing from our piece was really what made it a powerful catalyst," Ms. LaGamma said. She added, "It is one of the favorite ...

When asked who the ruler of the region was, he was told of the Manikongo and his seat of power in Mbanza Kongo, even though it was over 300 km inland. "People (the BaKongo) remember that the ...

and ultimately at the huge lacuna in our knowledge about the Kongo people, which is all the more distressing given that Kongo is one of the best documented kingdoms of Africa. The result is a ...

During a visit to the Quai Branly Museum, choreographer Byb Bibene discovered a nkisi nkondi statue from the Kongo people of central Africa. This divine figure represents the moral and spiritual ...