As Origens do reino do Kôngo segundo a Tradição Oral

Abstract

The origin of the Kongo kingdom is discussed here based on oral tradition as recorded over time: the first was in the XVII-XVIII by authors such as Cavazza, Cadornega, Lorenzo da Lucca; the latter were in the XIX-XX centuries by authors such as Rafael See, Cuvelier, Van Wing. Assuming some convergence of these traditions and choosing an appropriate methodology - Paremiology - breaks down on the one hand these traditions internally, and then compare them with the cosmogony of Kongo. Moreover, we compare this analysis with terms related to the sense of "origin" as God's name, among others. In this study, the origins of the Kingdom of Kongo appear to be in southern Angola, the region that goes from the lower basin of Cunene to the border region between Angola, Namibia and Zambia. That is, in point of view of the oral tradition.