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Everyday

1. The Kongo are a people of Central Africa who live in Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. tree →
2. The Kingdom of Kongo was a large African kingdom on the Atlantic coast from about 1390 to the 1800s. tree →
3. Kongo (Kikongo) is the language of the Kongo people. tree →

In the lessons

Met in history lessons about African kingdoms and the Atlantic slave trade, and in geography; the Congo River and the countries named Congo take their name from the Kongo.

Examples

• The Kingdom of Kongo traded with Portugal. tree →
• Many Kongo people speak Kikongo. tree →
• Kongo artists carved beautiful wooden figures. tree →
• The Congo River is named after the Kongo people. tree →
• The king of Kongo wrote letters to the king of Portugal. tree →
• We read a folk tale told by the Kongo people. tree →

Note

A name, so capital K. Historians often spell the old kingdom «Kongo» with a K to keep it apart from today's countries spelled «Congo». The Kongo are a people, not a country.