Kongo Political Culture: The Conceptual Challenge of the ParticularIndiana University Press, 22 mars 2000 - 274 pages This commentary on the political culture of the BaKongo of Lower Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo) is based on texts in the KiKongo language. They were written by young Kongo men between 1914 and 1916 at the instigation of K. E. Laman, a Swedish missionary. The most important texts were the work of Lutete Esaya, a teacher at the Lolo and Vungu stations of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Lutete devoted much of his attention to aspects of Kongo ritual and religious belief, including minkisi and the rituals for the installation of chiefs. Lutete's original text and those of the other informants are given with translation and notes. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
Texts and Contexts | 18 |
MAPS | 25 |
Translation Exoticism Banality | 43 |
Tradition and Trade | 61 |
Trade Routes | 73 |
Minkisi to Kill People Swiftly | 97 |
PHOTOGRAPHS | 98 |
Objecthood of Persons | 134 |
Kongo chief Mayombe | 137 |
Lutetes Chiefs | 160 |
Reflections and Extensions | 203 |
A List of Lamans Contributors | 229 |
Notes | 237 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
African Babutidi BaKongo banganga bantu BaSundi bisimbi Bittremieux body Boma bonso bulu buna buried Cahier called century chiefship Children and Grandchildren clan Congo cultural dead death described divination Doutreloux ethnographic European forest included invested chief investiture Janzen kadi kaka kala kanda kansi Kavuna Kayi KiKongo killed kimfumu kina kindoki Kingoyi Kinkela Kinkenge kuna kwandi Laman Lemba leopard lineage Lolo lulendo Lunungu Lusunzi Lutete Lutete's MacGaffey 1991 Manianga Matadi matrilineal Matunta Mayombe mbalala Mbangala Mbanza Kongo Mboki Mbola Mbuku Mbumba medicines metaphor mfinda mfumu minkisi Minsamu Miayenge missionaries mpemba Mukimbungu muna muntu Musana Mwema nails nate ye nganga ngolo Ngoma Ngoyo nkisi nsi nkondi nkosi nkumbu Nsemi Nsundi ntama original palm wine Pangu person political ritual rule says simbi slaves social spirits texts trade tradition translation tree Vansina village violence Vungu wena witchcraft witches yala yandi yina