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Igor Roland Matonda Sakala

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52 Results

2025

A longue durée socio-environmental history of the Kwilu-Kasai region

Peter CoutrosJessamy DomanIgor Roland Matonda SakalaKoen Bostoen

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

A new archaeology of the Kwilu-Kasai region : methods, sites, and dates

Peter CoutrosIgor Roland Matonda Sakala

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Charcoal analysis in the Kwilu-Kasai and Lower Congo regions

Wannes HubauBlanca Van Houtte AlonsoJohn Tshibamba MukendiHans Beeckman

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Excavations at Mukila

Katharina JungnickelDirk SeidenstickerJeanine Amusubi YogoleloClément Mambu Nsangathi

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Human remains from the Late Stone Age site of Luani

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Introduction to a new archaeology of the Bantu expansion

Koen BostoenPeter Coutros

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Language divergence and convergence and deep-time population history in the Kwilu-Kasai region

Koen BostoenSara PacchiarottiGuy Kouarata

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Phytolith analysis in the Kwilu-Kasai region

Jessamy DomanKoen Deforce

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Rethinking the Bantu expansion from south of the Congo rainforest

Koen BostoenPeter CoutrosJessamy DomanIgor Roland Matonda Sakala

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Soil stable isotope analysis in the Kwilu-Kasai region

Jessamy DomanSamuel Bodé

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Survey and excavations along the Kamtsha River

Peter CoutrosIgor Roland Matonda SakalaIsidore Nkanu TsatsaArnaud Mabuaka Duki

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Survey and excavations along the Kasai River

Igor Roland Matonda SakalaPeter CoutrosIsidore Nkanu TsatsaArnaud Mabuaka Duki

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Survey and excavations along the Kwilu River

Peter CoutrosIgor Roland Matonda SakalaIsidore Nkanu TsatsaArnaud Mabuaka Duki

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Survey and excavations along the Loange River

Igor Roland Matonda SakalaPeter CoutrosIsidore Nkanu TsatsaArnaud Mabuaka Duki

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Survey and excavations at Mashita Mbanza

Peter CoutrosIgor Roland Matonda SakalaIsidore Nkanu TsatsaArnaud Mabuaka Duki

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Survey and excavations in the Idiofa region

Peter CoutrosIgor Roland Matonda SakalaIsidore Nkanu Tsatsa

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Survey from Mbankana to Bandundu

Dirk SeidenstickerKatharina JungnickelRoger Kidebua

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

The Early Bantu expansion into Central Africa : new data and insights from population genetics

Cesar A. Fortes-LimaSara PacchiarottiLorenzo MaselliJean-Pierre Donzo Bunza YugiaGuy KouarataJoseph Koni MuluwaLéon MundekeKoen BostoenCarina Schlebusch

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

The lifeworld of the Kwilu-Kasai region’s first Bantu speakers : insights from lexical reconstruction

Koen BostoenJessamy DomanSara PacchiarottiSifra Van Acker

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

The pottery of the Kwilu-Kasai region

Peter CoutrosIgor Roland Matonda Sakala

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

Towards an Oral History of Kwilu-Kasai Peoples

Isidore Ndaywel è NziemIgor Roland Matonda Sakala

Bookchapter in An archaeology of the Bantu expansion : early settlers south of the Congo rainforest

2024

Le projet BantuFirst : rapport sur les recherches de terrain archéologiques 2023 dans la province de Kinshasa

Igor Roland Matonda SakalaIsidore NkanuHoly Ilo OndelKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA

The beginning of the Iron Age south of the Congo rainforest : the first archaeological investigations around Idiofa (Congo), c. 146 BC - AD 1648

Peter CoutrosIgor Roland Matonda SakalaJessamy DomanSara PacchiarottiIsis MesfinKoen Bostoen

A1 Journal Article in AZANIA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA

The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa

Cesar A. Fortes-LimaConcetta BurgarellaRickard HammarénAnders ErikssonMário VicenteCecile JollyArmando SemoHilde GunninkSara PacchiarottiLeon Mundeke et al.

A1 Journal Article in NATURE

2023

The BantuFirst project : 2022 fieldwork report on the Kwilu-Kasai River reconnaissance and Mashita Mbanza excavations (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Peter CoutrosIgor Roland Matonda SakalaArnold Mabuaka DukiIsidore Nkanu TsatsaKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA

The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa

Cesar A. Fortes-LimaConcetta BurgarellaRickard HammarénAnders ErikssonMário VicenteCecile JollyArmando SemoHilde GunninkSara PacchiarottiLeon Mundeke et al.

2022

Le projet BantuFirst : rapport sur les recherches de terrain archéologiques 2021 dans la province de Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo

Igor Roland Matonda SakalaKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA

The BantuFirst project : 2021 Fieldwork report on the Kwilu-Kasaï-Kamtsha-Loange River reconnaissance mission

Peter CoutrosIgor Roland Matonda SakalaArnold Mabuaka DukiIsidore Nkanu TsatsaKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA

2021

Le projet BantuFirst : rapport sur les recherches de terrain archéologiques le long du bas Kasaï dans les provinces du Kwilu et du Mai-Ndombe (RDC)

Igor Roland Matonda SakalaSuzanne Bigohe MugishaClément MambuKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA

2019

Kitala ware : a new early iron age pottery group from the lower Congo region in Central Africa

Bernard-Olivier ClistMandela KaumbaIgor Roland Matonda SakalaKoen Bostoen

A1 Journal Article in AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW

Le projet BantuFirst : rapport sur les recherches de terrain archéologiques 2019 dans les provinces du Kwilu et de Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo

Igor Roland Matonda SakalaSuzanne Bigohe MugishaKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA

2018

Fouilles et prospections dans le territoire de Mbanza Ngungu

Bernard-Olivier ClistEls CranshofMandela Kaumba MazangaIgor Roland Matonda SakalaRoger KidebuaClément Mambu

Bookchapter in Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo

Fouilles et prospections dans le territoire de Songololo

Bernard-Olivier ClistEls CranshofIgor Roland Matonda SakalaRoger Kidebua

Bookchapter in Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo

Fouilles et prospections dans le territoire de Tshela

Bernard-Olivier ClistIgor Roland Matonda SakalaRoger Kidebua

Bookchapter in Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo

Fouilles et prospections à l’est de l’Inkisi

Bernard-Olivier ClistEls CranshofMandela Kaumba MazangaIgor Roland Matonda SakalaRoger Kidebua

Bookchapter in Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo

Fouilles et prospections à l’ouest de l’Inkisi, région de Ngongo Mbata

Bernard-Olivier ClistEls CranshofMandela Kaumba MazangaIgor Roland Matonda SakalaAlphonse Nkanza Lutayi

Bookchapter in Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo

Les provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo d’après les sources historiques

Inge BrinkmanIgor Roland Matonda Sakala

Bookchapter in Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo

2017

Le bassin de l'Inkisi à l'époque du royaume Kongo : confrontation des données historiques, archéologiques et linguistiques

Igor Roland Matonda SakalaOlivier GosselainPierre de MaretKoen Bostoen

2016

A ceramic sequence for Kindoki (Central Africa, DRC) : new perspectives on the history of the Kongo kingdom from its northern fringes

Els CranshofBernard-Olivier ClistIgor Roland Matonda SakalaPierre de MaretKoen Bostoen

Collaboration with Africa within the humanities : BantUGent - UGent Centre for Bantu Studies

Gilles-Maurice de SchryverMinah NabiryeIgor Matonda Sakala

Nouveaux regards sur la démographie du bassin de l'Inkisi à l'époque du royaume Kongo (XVIe-XVIIIe siècles)

Igor Roland Matonda Sakala

A2 Journal Article in CAHIERS D'ETUDES AFRICAINES

Origins of the Kongo kingdom, confronting the evidence

Pierre de MaretBernard-Olivier ClistEls CranshofIgor Roland Matonda SakalaKoen Bostoen

2015

A la recherche de Mbanza Nsundi, capitale provinciale du royaume Kongo. Fouilles archéologiques au site de Kindoki (Bas-Congo, RDC)

Igor Matonda SakalaEls CranshofGilles-Maurice de SchryverBernard-Olivier ClistKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in CONGO-AFRIQUE

African-European contacts in the Kongo Kingdom (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries): new archaeological insights from Ngongo Mbata (Lower Congo, DRC)

Bernard-Olivier ClistEls CranshofGilles-Maurice de SchryverDavy HerremansKarlis KarklinsIgor Matonda SakalaFanny SteyaertKoen Bostoen

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeological research on the Kongo kingdom in the Lower Congo region of Central Africa

Bernard-Olivier ClistEls CranshofPierre de MaretGilles-Maurice de SchryverMandela Kaumba MazangaIgor Roland Matonda SakalaNikis NicolasKoen Bostoen

Le projet KongoKing : les prospections et fouilles menées en 2015 dans la province du Kongo Central (République Démocratique du Congo)

Bernard-Olivier ClistEls CranshofToon De HerdtRoger KidebuaIgor Matonda SakalaAlphonse Nkanza LutayiBlair ZaidKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA

The elusive archaeology of Kongo urbanism: the case of Kindoki, Mbanza Nsundi (Lower Congo, DRC)

Bernard-Olivier ClistEls CranshofGilles-Maurice de SchryverDavy HerremansKarlis KarklinsIgor Matonda SakalaCaroline PoletAmanda SengelovFanny SteyaertCharlotte Verhaeghe et al.

A1 Journal Article in AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL REVIEW

2014

Le projet KongoKing : prospections archéologiques et enquêtes ethnoarchéologiques dans la vallée de l’Inkisi et régions avoisinantes (Province du Bas-Congo, RDC)

Igor Matonda SakalaEls CranshofClément MambuRoger KidebuaKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA

The KongoKing project: an interdisciplinary approach to the early history of the Kongo kingdom

Pierre de MaretBernard-Olivier ClistAlexandre Livingstone-SmithEls CranshofMandela Kaumba MazangaIgor Matonda SakalaNicolas NikisBirgit RicquierGilles-Maurice de SchryverKoen Bostoen

2013

The KongoKing project : 2012 fieldwork report from the lower Congo province (DRC)

Bernard-Olivier ClistPierre de MaretGilles-Maurice de SchryverMandela Kaumba MazangaIgor Matonda SakalaEls CranshofKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA

The KongoKing Project : 2013 Fieldwork Report form the Lower Congo Province (DRC)

Bernard-Olivier ClistPierre de MaretAlexandre Livingstone-SmithEls CranshofMandela Kaumba MazangaIgor Matonda SakalaClément MambuJeanine YogoleloKoen Bostoen

A4 Journal Article in NYAME AKUMA