Profiles the history of the agriculturally-based peoples located near Lake Tanganyika. Notes the Islamic influence in their worship of ancestors.

Describes the culture, religion, and history of the African people who overtook the Lunda for a short time during the 19th century.

Learn about the history, culture, and social systems of these people from the southeast Congo region. Describes their relationship with the Luba.

Learn more about the skilled artisan and agrarian-based culture of these southwestern peoples. Describes their religion, politics, and history.

Learn how the Portuguese relations with this kingdom south of Kongo deteriorated into a state of war by the 1620s.

Profiles the kingdoms that reigned in the Congo River basin between the 15th and 19th centuries. Includes the Kongo, Kuba, Luba, and Bakuba.

Profiles the coastal people who live south of the Chokwe people. Describes their belief in sorcery and their methods of raising children.

Describes the art, history, and matrilineal basis of this southwestern Congo society. Learn about their religion and creator, Ndzambyaphuungu.

Find details about the history and culture of this matrilineal African society. Learn how the Yaka attacked the Kongo people in the 16th century.