Table of Contents

Series Foreword Introduction Chronology, Religion, and Worldview Literature and Media Art and Architecture Cuisine and Dress Marriage, Family, and Gender Social Customs and Life Styles Music and Dance Glossary Selected Bibliography Index

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Provides the full context of traditional culture and modern practices of the various peoples of the Congo.

About the Author

TSHILEMALEMA MUKENGE is a Professor in the Department of African Studies at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia. He has published a major study on religion and family of the Luba of the Congo and continues research and writing on African topics.

Reviews

?[m]ust-have for school, public, and even undergraduate academic library shelves....From sorcery to Kimbanguists; from counting rhymes to animal stories and legends; and from long pants to short pants, Mukenge's knowledge of the Congolese way of life is astonishing.?-Against the Grain

?Librarians will want to purchase, for the high school collection and for the public library collection, countries for which your students or patrons need or request.?-Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)

"Ým¨ust-have for school, public, and even undergraduate academic library shelves....From sorcery to Kimbanguists; from counting rhymes to animal stories and legends; and from long pants to short pants, Mukenge's knowledge of the Congolese way of life is astonishing."-Against the Grain

"Librarians will want to purchase, for the high school collection and for the public library collection, countries for which your students or patrons need or request."-Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)

"[m]ust-have for school, public, and even undergraduate academic library shelves....From sorcery to Kimbanguists; from counting rhymes to animal stories and legends; and from long pants to short pants, Mukenge's knowledge of the Congolese way of life is astonishing."-Against the Grain