Bakongo

The ancient kingdom of Kongo Today it is divided between the People's and Democratic Republics of the Congo and Angola. It was made up of six provinces. XIII, with his king Ne Kongo acquired a great strength that remained well into the century XVIand that from this date the empire is decaying until the middle of the century XX with the death of the last king Kongo Dom Antonio. Before becoming Islam, with the arrival of the Portuguese, he became Christianity during the reign of Nzinga to Koumu, which would leave a fairly deep imprint on many of the artistic achievements of the different ethnicities that make up this great town. The Great Kingdom of Kongo included the territories now formed by the People's Republics and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Gabon. They received a remarkable influence from Christianity, introduced by the Portuguese as can be seen in many of their artistic expressions.