Always on point and full of interesting information great read as usual, I had no idea that Catholicism was so deeply entrenched and aligned with that of the indigenous customs of the Bakongo kingdom. Not so different from Islam in Mali and a'lot of West African Muslim Nations interesting to think about, also makes me wonder had Christian Ethiopia and Bakongo ever by chance crossed paths how they'd interact.
‘The baKongo Christians, who had adopted the religion on their own accord, ...’
This seems a difficult statement to back up. The Portuguese, as were many European colonizers, quite brutal in their treatment of slaves and enforcement of Christianity. Why would it be any different in Kongo?
Always on point and full of interesting information great read as usual, I had no idea that Catholicism was so deeply entrenched and aligned with that of the indigenous customs of the Bakongo kingdom. Not so different from Islam in Mali and a'lot of West African Muslim Nations interesting to think about, also makes me wonder had Christian Ethiopia and Bakongo ever by chance crossed paths how they'd interact.
‘The baKongo Christians, who had adopted the religion on their own accord, ...’
This seems a difficult statement to back up. The Portuguese, as were many European colonizers, quite brutal in their treatment of slaves and enforcement of Christianity. Why would it be any different in Kongo?