Congo

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Congo, Kongo or Kongō may refer to:

A river and one of two states in Africa:

• Congo River
• Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa)
  • Congo Free State (1885–1908)
  • Belgian Congo (1908–1960)
  • Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960–1964)
  • Zaire (1971–1997)
• The Congo, the region roughly covering both countries Congo and Cabinda (Angola)

Also in Africa:

• Kongo people (Congolese), an ethnic group in the two Congo states and Angola
• Kongo language (Kikongo), a Bantu language spoken in the Congo region
• Congo Basin (Congo region)
• Kingdom of Kongo (1400–1914), covering parts of present-day Angola and the two Congo states
• Kongo dia Nlaza (until late in the 16th century), a former kingdom absorbed by the Kingdom of Kongo
• Portuguese Congo, now the Angolan exclave of Cabinda
• M'banza-Kongo, the capital of Angola's northwestern Zaire province
• Kongo Central, the former Bas-Congo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

An animal:

• Congo African Grey Parrot
• Congo (chimpanzee), name of a chimpanzee who learned to paint
• Congo, common name for Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous snake in the eastern United States
• Conger eel, common name for Amphiuma, eellike amphibian of the southeastern United States

In music and entertainment:

• Congo, a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton
• Congo, a 1995 film based on Crichton's novel
• Congo, a 2001 BBC documentary film
• Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj, a 1995 Sega Saturn video game
• Kongo, a 1932 film starring Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, and Conrad Nagel
• Kongo, the main character in the Monkey Magic (TV series) anime series
• "Congo" (song), a 1995 song by Genesis
• Kongo Jungle, setting of the Donkey Kong video game series.
• Congo Bongo, a 1983 arcade and video game
• The Congos, a Jamaican reggae duo
• Congo theme in Kings Dominion amusement park, Virginia USA, loosely associated with Central Africa
• Soukous (Congo), a genre of music from the Congo states

In other use:

• Congo (loa), a spirit in Haitian voodoo mythology
• The Conference of NGOs (CONGO), a worldwide group of charity and aid organizations
• Congo, townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
• Congo Village, part of the city Diego Martin in Trinidad
• The Congo or The Congo: A Study of the Negro Race, a poem by Vachel Lindsay
• HMS Congo (1816), First steamship for the Royal Navy (United Kingdom)
• Japanese battleship Kongō
• yawara (Kongo), a martial arts weapon

[edit] People with the family name

• Cheick Kongo (born 1975), mixed martial arts fighter
• Kongō Masahiro (born 1948), former sumo wrestler
• John Kongos (born 1945), South African musician, leader of the band "Johnny Kongos and the G-Men"
• Kid Congo Powers (born 1960), American singer and guitarist

[edit] See also

• Conga (disambiguation)
• Congo craton, one of the cratons making the African continental crust
• Congolian forests
• Congo Peafowl, bird species
• Congolese
• A Daughter of the Congo, 1930 film by Oscar Micheaux
• Kakongo, former kingdom
• King of the Congo, 1952 film serial by Columbia Pictures
• The King of the Kongo, 1929 film serial by Mascot Pictures

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