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Project

Political centralization, economic integration and language evolution in Central Africa: An interdisciplinary approach to the early history of the Kongo kingdom (KONGOKING)

KONGOKING is an interdisciplinary and interuniversity research group which aims at contributing to a better understanding of the origins and early history of the Kongo kingdom. It unites researchers from Ghent University (UGent), Brussels University (ULB) and the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren (RMCA), as well as from several partner institutions in Africa, Europe and the USA.

Date:1 Jan 2012 →  31 Dec 2016
Keywords:historical linguistics, African history, Angola, Kongo Kingdom, archaeology, Congo, Bantu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Disciplines:Language studies, Archaeology, Other history and archaeology, Linguistics, Literary studies, Theory and methodology of archaeology