11 research outputs found
TERRITORIALIDADE QUILOMBOLA : FOTOS E MAPAS
Esta  é  a  inevitável  constatação  que  se  faz  após  a  leitura  do  atlas,  modernista, bilíngüe português/inglês,  “Territorialidade Quilombola. Fotos e Mapas.” publicado pelo enérgico geógrafo afro-descendente Rafael Sanzio Araújo dos Anjos, em Brasília, pela Mapas Editora e Consultoria. Aos cuidados do autor, a edição ainda é acompanhada de DVD, prática corrente no país emergente
QUILOMBOLA TERRITORIALITY PHOTOS AND MAPS
C’est l’inévitable constat que l’on fait après la lecture de l’atlas, moderniste, bilingue, portugais et  anglais,  «  Territorialidade  Quilombola.  Fotos  e  Mapas  »  publie  par  l’  energique geographe afrodescendant Rafael Sanzio Araujo dos Anjos, a Brasília, aux editions Mapas Editora e Consultoria.  Pratique  courante dans le pays émergent, l’auteur a pris soin de doubler son ouvrage, d’un disc-compact
The elusive archaeology of Kongo urbanism: the case of Kindoki, Mbanza Nsundi (Lower Congo, DRC)
We present here results, analyses and an in-depth historical contextualisation of the fieldwork undertaken in 2012 and 2013 at the Kindoki site in the Lower Congo (DRC). This site is linked with Mbanza Nsundi, one of the Kongo Kingdom's provincial capitals, which turns out to be archaeologically 'elusive'. Pinpointing its location proved to be particularly challenging. To this end, a historically-informed excavation methodology was developed that was never implemented in Central Africa before. We combined a strategy of systematic test pits with a large-scale 50 m grid approach. A cemetery was identified on Kindoki Hill with distinct but contemporaneous quarters of a 16th-17thcenturies settlement on both sides. The cemetery itself contains mainly 18th-century burials, in all likelihood of successive Nsundi rulers. The foreign, especially Portuguese, ceramics excavated on the hilltop and the hundreds of Venetian and likely Bavarian beads found in the graves are indicative of Mbanza Nsundi's connection to trade routes linking the Atlantic coast with the Pool region. The most striking discovery is that of a previously unknown type of comb-impressed pottery, from a pit with a calibrated radiocarbon date AD 1294-1393 (2 sigma). This suggests that a settlement had been developing at Kindoki since at least the 14th century, which allows us, for the very first time, to spatially bridge Kongo history and 'prehistory'. For the entire Lower Congo region only three 14C dates posterior to AD 1000 were available before the start of the KongoKing project, twelve have been added for just Kindoki
The Elusive Archaeology of Kongo Urbanism: the Case of Kindoki, Mbanza Nsundi (Lower Congo, DRC)
Kimpa Vita, uma tragédia inacabada
Uma tragédia inacabada é a grande conclusão que é tirada após a leitura da obra do congolês da margem direita, Serge Mboukou, Messianismo e Modernidade. Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita e o movimento dos Antonianos, livro que acaba de ser publicada, em Paris, nas edições L’ Harmattan, na sua colecção “Religiões, Culturas e Sociedades”. Baseada na sua tese de doutoramento em antropologia social sobre os movimentos messiânicos de África subsaariana, o autor estabelece aí, com muito alento, os parâmetros..