http://shakara.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/questions-answers-and-more-questions-in-kongo-history-part-1/ asking questions that lead to more questions Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:21:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://shakara.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/questions-answers-and-more-questions-in-kongo-history-part-1/#comment-141 Isn’t this how it always starts ? « shakara Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:08:06 +0000 http://shakara.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/questions-answers-and-more-questions-in-kongo-history-part-1/#comment-141 [...] First of all, that’s bad translation. Bundu Dia Kongo means People of Kongo, not Congo. The difference being that Kongo is an ethnic group and a former kingdom based around the lower part of the Congo River. The Kingdom officially converted to christianity in 1491 and Kongo nationalism has that interesting tendency to express itself through messianic christian movements (here, here, here, here, here, here, here). That’s for people who haven’t read this. [...] [...] First of all, that’s bad translation. Bundu Dia Kongo means People of Kongo, not Congo. The difference being that Kongo is an ethnic group and a former kingdom based around the lower part of the Congo River. The Kingdom officially converted to christianity in 1491 and Kongo nationalism has that interesting tendency to express itself through messianic christian movements (here, here, here, here, here, here, here). That’s for people who haven’t read this. [...]

]]> http://shakara.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/questions-answers-and-more-questions-in-kongo-history-part-1/#comment-8 omodudu Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:25:44 +0000 http://shakara.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/questions-answers-and-more-questions-in-kongo-history-part-1/#comment-8 I am not very familiar with this stuff, I am learning. added to reader now..thanks I am not very familiar with this stuff, I am learning.
added to reader now..thanks

]]> http://shakara.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/questions-answers-and-more-questions-in-kongo-history-part-1/#comment-7 aflakete Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:27:21 +0000 http://shakara.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/questions-answers-and-more-questions-in-kongo-history-part-1/#comment-7 the royal edict actually said "better flawed than non-existent". or something.. *goes on proof-reading spree* the royal edict actually said “better flawed than non-existent”.
or something..
*goes on proof-reading spree*

]]> http://shakara.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/questions-answers-and-more-questions-in-kongo-history-part-1/#comment-6 manickam Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:43:28 +0000 http://shakara.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/questions-answers-and-more-questions-in-kongo-history-part-1/#comment-6 i heard that they only accepted literacy with the caveat that they would never ever proof-read, wive indeed. i heard that they only accepted literacy with the caveat that they would never ever proof-read, wive indeed.

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