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African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo

Tying the Spiritual Knot, Principles of Life and Living

by Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau

A Kongo scholar's exposition of BaKongo cosmology, first published as The African Book Without Title in 1980. Fu-Kiau sets out the dikenga cosmogram, the cycle of life and the four moments of the sun, and connects them with Kongo social and healing practice.

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