Fromont draws on both sets of materials in her 2014 book, “The Art of Conversion: Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo,” which examines the development of Kongo’s Christian visual culture ...

Striking connections between the art and culture of the Kongo Kingdom of western Central Africa and African-American art and culture will be explored in "Kongo Across the Waters," an exhibit that ...

Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville ... not long after the emperor of the Kongo kingdom converted to Christianity following the arrival of Portuguese traders and ...

The exhibit shows artwork from the early Kongo Kingdom and also America, as well as striking connections between the art and culture of the Kongo Kingdom of western Central Africa and African ...

The 9th edition of art festival Dream city is taking place in Tunisia's capital until October 8th. Congolese photographer Sammy Baloji offers a deep dive into the history of the Kongo kingdom ...

Exploring the connections between the art and culture of the Kongo peoples of western Central Africa and African-Americans in the U.S., "Kongo Across the Waters" exhibition at New Orleans Museum ...

The Kongo kingdom ruled a swath of central Africa for ... Their visual heritage is explored in this New Orleans Museum of Art expo in the form of Kongo and African-American art ranging from ...