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“A powerful statement through both word and image of how individuals of African descent have negotiated African cultural practices, whether through remembrance or rediscovery, as strategies for their physical and psychological health.”—Jean Borgatti, Boston University “Uses an interdisciplinary approach to understanding Kongo culture in Africa and its transformation in North America. Valuable in its scope and coverage, this is an important collection of studies from the leading scholars on Kongo.”—Mariana Candido, author of An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic WorldThe Kingdom of Kongo, situated in today’s Angola and the DRC, had already developed a sophisticated artistic and cultural life by the time the Portuguese arrived in 1483. Europeans soon admired and collected particular forms of Kongo art while Kongo elites converted to Christianity and started communicating with European courts through writing.         With the development of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, many less fortunate Kongolese were transported to the New World. From the Chesapeake Bay to New Orleans, Kongo peoples left their imprint on the life, art, and cultures of the African diaspora. Only recently have scholars begun to fully understand the extent of this influence.Immersing readers in Kongo history and culture, the contributors to Kongo across the Waters investigate how an African culture with considerable historical depth evolved over five centuries in West Central Africa and also contributed significantly to the process of culture formation in communities of enslaved Africans and descendants of enslaved Africans in North America. By looking at art from Kongo and from African American communities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Kongo across the Waters brings to light historic links between West Central Africa and North America.This volume allows leading scholars of Kongo history, anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, and art to examine the history of Kongo peoples from the fifteenth century through today. These essays probe the historical interactions between the Kongolese and the Atlantic world, Kongo presence and influence in the United States, and Kongo inspired artistic expression in contemporary art.         Visually and textually appealing, Kongo across the Waters is an overdue and valuable contribution to the literature on Africa’s history and its Atlantic connections.  Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia Location of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (dark green) Capital and largest city: Kinshasa: Official languages: French: Recognised national languages MMA Betting Lines: Bellator 174 Odds Shark Bellator remains the second-biggest MMA promotion behind the UFC making Bellator odds much sought after at the sportsbooks for each Bellator Fighting Championships Purple Heart Collection JOHN B HARVEY 2nd Lt Harvey was KIA 1 April 1944 while serving with 567th Bomb Sq 369th Bomb Group On that date Lt Harvey was the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) history DRC country located in central Africa Officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo the country has a 25-mile (40-km) coastline on the Atlantic Ocean but dahliaworldcouk 1954 Waters 1954 Katie's Courage Verkist 1974 Konge GD L/ anon wir14 Kongo GD Br 1961 Yamato - Combined Fleet Authors' Notes: [1]Konteradmiral=Rear Admiral Ritterkreuz=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross [2] Wennekers permission to visit YAMATO was granted in reponse to a Lennox Honychurch Article: Caribbean Culture Article by Dr Lennox Honychurch - Caribbean Culture 'Creole' was first used in the Americas to describe those persons of European descent born and brought up in IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY MYSTERIES - Combined Fleet 1997 Anthony P Tully MYSTERIES OF THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY Death of Battleship HIEI: Sunk by Gunfire or Air Attack? Among naval historians and enthusiasts Chapter 8: The Leyte Operation supply If it should remain in southern waters it could not receive supplies of ammunition and arms There would be no sense in saving the fleet at the expense of African military systems to 1800 - Wikipedia African military systems to 1800 refers to the evolution of military systems on the African continent prior to 1800 with emphasis on the role of indigenous states
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