Special baskets also featured prominently in the ritual practice and belief of Kongo peoples.

She suggested there might have been a chemical reaction in the clay to the tree bark and water mixture that the Kongo peoples used.

Among the ethnic groups that inhabit this region the Yombe, a subset of the Kongo people, are the most numerous.

Tumba (Kongo) are stone figures that the Kongo people placed on the graves of powerful people.

The movement focuses on defending, protecting, and promoting values, rights, and interests of Kongo people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

For decades, the movement has had a relatively strong sustainable impact on the Kongo people.

The Kongo people spoke in the Kikongo language.

The ancient "bakhimba" society of the Kongo people are the guards who supposedly watch their posts with their hands on their hips in "akimbo" pose.

They make up 20% of the Congo's population, making them the second largest Congolese ethnic group (after the Kongo people).

In the belief of the Kongo people, you can defend yourself from envious people by eating foods cooked with grains of paradise or other peppers.