Project

Political centralization, economic integration and language evolution in Central Africa: An interdisciplinary approach to the early history of the Kongo kingdom

Acronym

KONGOKING

Code

41K07811

Duration

01 January 2012 → 31 December 2016

Funding

European funding: framework programme

Research disciplines

Humanities and the arts
- Archaeology
- Theory and methodology of archaeology
- Other history and archaeology
- Language studies
- Linguistics
- Literary studies

Keywords

Kongo Kingdom Democratic Republic of the Congo historical linguistics archaeology Congo Angola Bantu African history Linguistics History

Project description

KONGOKING is an interdisciplinary and interuniversity research group which aims at contributing to a better understanding of the origins and early history of the Kongo kingdom. It unites researchers from Ghent University (UGent), Brussels University (ULB) and the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren (RMCA), as well as from several partner institutions in Africa, Europe and the USA.