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Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47418-4 — the Kongo Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47418-4 — The Kongo Kingdom: The Origins, Dynamics and Cosmopolitan Culture of an African Polity Edited by Koen Bostoen , Inge Brinkman Index More Information 315 Index Afonso I, 18 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 39 , Proto- Bantu, 69 , 77 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 41 , 52 , 54 , 106 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 93 , 125 , 116 , 119 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 157 , 204 , 226 , 232 , 234 216 , 219 , 220 , 223 , 264 , 265 South- West Bantu, 2 , 65 African Diaspora, 254 , 256 , 257 , 259 West- Coastal Bantu, aka Afro- Brazilian, 256 , 257 , 273 West- Western Bantu, 2 , 62 , 63 Akan, 51 Western Bantu, 8 , 44 , 64 , 75 Álvaro de Agua Rosada aka Tangi, Baptist Missionary Society, 228 , 239 249 , 250 Barbela, 123 , 124 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , Álvaro I, 30 , 40 , 106 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 132 , 133 , 135 , 136 , 137 116 , 117 , 127 , 130 , 155 Barroso, António, 239 , 248 , 249 Álvaro II, 20 , 28 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , basketry, 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 113 , 114 , 116 , 263 176 , 190 , 191 , 195 Álvaro III, 28 , 111 , 111n2 , 112 , 113 , Battell, Andrew, 201 114 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 120 , 263 Battle of Mbwila, 35 , 103 , 121 , 157 , Álvaro IV, 118 , 119 204 , 261 , 266 , 269 Álvaro V, 119 beads, 151 , 204 , 213 Álvaro VI, 120 bell, 150 , 151 , 152 , 158 Álvaro VII, 35 , 121 Bengo River, 62 , 202 Álvaro VIII, 121 , 261 Bequaert, Maurits, 168 , 176 , 182 Álvaro XIV, 240 Berlin Conference, 248 , 274 Álvaro Ndongo, 245 , 248 Bernardo II, 116 Ambriz, 225 , 238 , 245 Bible, 216 , 220 , 223 Ambrósio I, 117 bisimbi , 48 , 57 Ambundu, 2 , 18 , 19 , 27 , 62 , 254 , 255 , Bittremieux, Léon, 158 257 , 262 , 271 body scarifi cation, 169 Americas, 2 , 3 , 221 , 254 , 255 , 265 Boko- Songho, 198 António I, 35 , 261 , 266 , 269 Boma, 72 , 76 , 230 , 242 , 243 Anzica, 126 Bombo River, 135 Anziko, 39 , 63 Bontinck, François, 6 autos de congo , 256 , 257 , 258 bracelet, 151 Brazil, 200 , 201 , 248 , 254 , 255 , 256 , Bahia, 267 , 267n2 , 269 , 270 , 272 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261 , 262 , Bakali River, 131 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , Bantu, 2 , 61 , 66 , 68 , 80 , 92 , 93 , 270 , 271 , 273 125 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229 , 230 , Brazzaville, 244 231 , 232 , 234 , 257 Brotherhood of the Rosary, 263 , 272 Bantu Expansion, 9 Brun, Samuel, 112 , 202 oldest (Bantu sources), 4 , 60 , 61 , Brusciotto a Vetralla, Hyacintho, 60 , 69 , 125 202 , 221 315 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47418-4 — The Kongo Kingdom: The Origins, Dynamics and Cosmopolitan Culture of an African Polity Edited by Koen Bostoen , Inge Brinkman Index More Information 316 316 Index burial, 260 , 264 Coimba, 24 , 25 Büttner, Richard, 29 colonialism, 42 , 63 , 101 , 147 , 158 , 159 , 163 , 164 , 216 , 219 , Cabinda, 1 , 61 , 64 , 64n1 , 75 , 230 , 232 235 , 237 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 252 , Cacinga River, 132 , 133 253 , 274 Cadornega, António de Oliveira, 26 Columbian Exchange, 200 Cardoso, Mateus, 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , Conde, 188 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 60, congadas , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 273 109 , 116 , 119 , 150 , 221 , 226 , 260 Congo Free State, 250 Caribbean, 200 , 213 Congo River, 1 , 2 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 27 , 29 , Carli, Dionigi, 202 , 220 , 270 31 , 32 , 35 , 36 , 39 , 40 , 118 , 127 , Cataractes , 129 , 137 128 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 135 , 157 , catechism, 60 , 62 , 75 , 77 , 79 , 221 , 226 177 , 178 , 182 , 184 , 197 , 199 , Catholicism, 35 , 57 , 144 , 154 , 155 , 201 , 206 , 225 , 229 , 232 , 242 , 156 , 222 , 224 , 239 , 240 , 248 , 243 , 244 , 246 , 248 249 , 250 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261 , copper, 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 169 , 175 , 262 , 263 182 , 192 , 193 , 198 , 213 Cavazzi, Giovanni, 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , coronation, 21 , 33 , 256 , 258 , 262 26 , 27 , 28 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 54 , 203 , Correa de Sá, Miguel, 269 260 , 261 Correa de Sousa, João, 267 centralization, 1 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 12 , 43 , 49 , 57 , Correa, Bras, 115 101 , 103 , 123 , 195 , 213 , 223 cosmopolitanism, 11 , 12 , 149 , 151 , ceramics, 9 , 12 , 151 , 165 , 168 , 169 , 161 , 213 , 233 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 170 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 180 , 181 , 243 , 246 182 , 185 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 191 , cross- cousin marriage, 52 , 59 192 , 194 , 195 crucifi x, 151 , 153 , 157 , 162 , Chinese porcelain, 213 169 , 213 Chokwe, 165 , 169 Cuba, 248 , 255 Christianity, 2 , 6 , 19 , 41 , 57 , 60 , 108 , cucumbis , 257 143 , 144 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 151 , Cugho River, 131 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , Cuvelier, Jean, 6 , 7 , 24 , 27 162 , 163 , 164 , 211 , 213 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 , 223 , d’Asti, Bernardino Ignazio, 143 , 144 , 224 , 225 , 227 , 233 , 234 , 236 , 146 , 151 237 , 240 , 245 , 256 , 257 , 258 , d’Atri, Marcellino, 128 , 150 , 260 259 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265 , da Caltanisetta, Luca, 150 266 , 267 , 268 , 270 , 271 , 272 , da Dicomano, Raimondo, 264 , 265 273 , 274 da Montesarchio, Girolamo, 23 , 24 , Cilaadi, 66 , 67t3.1 , 70 – 71f3.2 27 , 29 , 30 , 54 , 117n6 , 262 Cilinji, 70 – 71f3.2 da Silva, António, 113 , 114 , 115 , Ciluba, 232 118 , 121 Cisundi, 70 – 71f3.2 , 77 da Silva, Daniel, 103 , 113 , 118 , civil war, 3 , 12 , 36 , 58 , 103 , 104 , 115 , 120 , 268 121 , 148 , 157 , 204 , 258 , 264 da Silva, Miguel, 111 , 112 , 113 , Civili, 70 – 71f3.2 , 75 , 82 114 , 120 Ciwoyo, 70 – 71f3.2 , 230 , 232 da Silva, Paulo, 121 Cizali, 70 – 71f3.2 da Vetralla, Giacinto Brugiotti, see cloth, 136 , 149 , 151 , 153 , 156 , 169 , Brusciotto 170 , 171 , 172 , 174 , 175 , 176 , dance, 144 , 146 , 162 , 260 , 271 , 273 191 , 194 , 195 Dande River, 62 , 221 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47418-4 — The Kongo Kingdom: The Origins, Dynamics and Cosmopolitan Culture of an African Polity Edited by Koen Bostoen , Inge Brinkman Index More Information 317 Index 317 Dapper, Olfert, 112 , 159 , 260 Fernandez, António, 268 de Barros, João, 105 , 107 , 108 , 109 , Fourth Pan- African Congress of 131 , 134 Prehistory and Quaternary de Cadornega, António de Oliveira, Studies, 165 26 , 27 , 28 , 62 , 63 , 261 funerary stones, 212 de Carli, Dionigi, 261 de Castro, Miguel, 268 Gambia, 201 de Enciso, Martin Fernandez, 108 Garcia I, 21 , 116 , 117 , 222 de Gallo, Bernardo, 222 Garcia II, 35 , 103 , 120 , 121 , de Gattini, Michelangelo, 261 260 , 266 de Goís, Damião, 109 Gastaldi, Giacomo, 134 de Medeiros, Francisco, 40 , 40n3 Ghana, 126 , 201 de Montesarchio, Girolamo, 150 Gombe, 181 , 209 De Munck, Joseph, 7 , 147 Guattini, Michelangelo, 202 de Pavia, Andrea, 220 de Pina, Rui, 1 , 104 , 105 , 108 Henrique I, 40 , 110 , 116 de Resende, Garcia, 105 , 109 Henrique II, 245 de Sarmento, Alfredo, 238 Henrique III, 240 de Teruel, Antonio, 221 Heyn, Piet, 116 de Vetralla, Brusciotto, see Brusciotto homogenization, 195 , 200 , 211 , decentralisation, 6 , 12 , 121 , 204 , 213 , 215 238 , 264 House of Kwilu, 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , del Santissimo Sacramento, 120 , 121 Diego, 127 House of Nsundi, 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , Dihungu, 70 – 71f3.2 , 75 , 76 , 83 , 89 , 120 , 121 90 , 91 , 98 House of Soyo, 104 , 113 , 114 , 115 , Dimba, 165 , 173f7.3 , 177 , 178 , 180 , 116 , 118 , 120 , 121 181 , 182 , 184 , 187 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 194 Ibar, 25 Dinga, 51 Ikoci, 70 – 71f3.2 , 75 Diogo I, 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 39 , 41 , 110 Ikwakongo, 70 – 71f3.2 , 75 discovery, 235 , 236 , 237 Ilinji, 70 – 71f3.2 , 75 Dutch States General, 112 , 115 Inkisi River, 20 , 29 , 39 , 66 , 72 , 102 , Dutch West India Company, 113 , 104 , 124, 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 115 , 260 132 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 174 , 229 Early Iron Age, 188 , 199 Inner Congo Basin, 177 Eckhout, Albert, 268 Inquisition, 33 , 271 economic integration, 2 , 5 , 101 , insignia, 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 162 123 , 195 International African education, 216 , 223 , 225 Association, 239 El Mina, 201 , 206 International Congo Association, 248 elite, 39 , 54 , 57 , 62 , 105 , 106 , 144 , irmandades , 258 147 , 150 , 151 , 153 , 154 , 155 , Itamaraca, 272 156 , 157 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 198 , Itaubira, 271 199 , 211 , 216 , 222 , 223 , 259 , ivory, 167f7.2 , 169 260 , 261 , 266 , 268 Iwoyo, 70 – 71f3.2 , 75 , 229 , 232 enslavement, 261 , 267 , 269 extraversion, 6 , 12 , 236 , 237 , 238 , Jadin, Louis, 7 247 , 250 , 251 , 252 Jagas, 40 , 63 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47418-4 — The Kongo Kingdom: The Origins, Dynamics and Cosmopolitan Culture of an African Polity Edited by Koen Bostoen , Inge Brinkman Index More Information 318 318 Index Jesuit, 21 , 22 , 27 , 35 , 60 , 62 , 107 , 109 , Kimbala, 70 – 71f3.2 , 76 , 232 116 , 129 , 147 , 150 , 221 , 260 , Kimbata, 70 – 71f3.2 , 129 262 , 263 , 267 Kimbeko, 70 – 71f3.2 , 129 João I Nzinga a Nkuwu, 105 , 108 , 262 Kimboma, 65 , 70 – 71f3.2 , 79 , 86 João II (Portugal), 105 Kimbundu, 2 , 18 , 62 , 65 , 70 – 71f3.2 , Jombo River, 132 72 , 76 , 221 , 232 , 257 , 265 Jordão, Manuel, 117 , 118 Kimpa Vita, Beatriz, 122 , 153 , 156 Kimpangu, 66 , 70 – 71f3.2 , 129 Kakongo, ix , 1 , 18 , 19 , 39 , 61 , 62 , 72 , Kimpanzu, 121 73 , 75 , 95 , 96 , 96t3.4 , 126 , 217 , kimpasi , 48 , 158 224 , 227 , 229 , 230 Kimpese, 25 , 30 Kalina, 209 Kindamba, 70 – 71f3.2 , 75 , 76 , 89 , kanda , 50 90 , 91 , 98 Kangu, 180 Kindibu, 66 , 70 – 71f3.2 , 72 , 88 , 89 , Kele, 163 129, 196 khimba , 158 kindoki , 48 , 53 , 55 Kibembe, 70 – 71f3.2 , 78 Kindoki (site), 11 , 31 , 150 , 151 , 152 , Kidondo, 70 – 71f3.2 , 75 153 , 154 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 161 , Kihangala, 70 – 71f3.2 , 78 , 87 163 , 169
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