1650 map entitled 'Regna Congo et Angola' by Joannes (Johan) Jansson - Janssonium
Map of the mouth of the Congo River, 1747

Map of the mouth of the Congo River, 1747
by J. v. Schley direx
http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl



KONGOKING : Related projects

1.- Post Doc:

> Dr. J. Koni Muluwa (UGent):
Language history and population dynamics in the Kwilu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, (non-EU post-doctoral fellowship of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Koen Bostoen)
Documentation of Cultural Heritage in Three Endangered Bantu languages of the Kwilu (DRC): Tsambaan, Nsong, Ngong (Volkswagenstiftung DoBes project; 2012-2015)
Kwilu Bantu Web site


2. - PhD projects:

Ongoing PhD-projects
> H. Gunnink (UGent):
Language contact between Khoisan and Bantu as reflected in Fwe (Bantu, K402) (2012- ) (supervisors: Michael Meeuwis and Koen Bostoen)
> D. Kawalya (UGent / Makerere University):
A Corpus-driven Study of the Expression of Modality in Luganda (Bantu, JE15) (2013- ) (supervisors: Koen Bostoen and Gilles-Maurice de Schryver)
> M. Nabirye (UGent):
A Corpus-based Study of the Lusoga Grammar (2010- ) (supervisors: Michael Meeuwis and Gilles-Maurice de Schryver)
> E. Nshemezimana (UGent):
Prosodie, syntaxe et structure d'information en kirundi (Bantu, J62) (2011- ) (supervisors: Koen Bostoen and Mena Lafkioui)
> M. Onokoko (UGent):
Description of Kibindji, a Bantu language of the Kuba-Bushong (C80) group (W-Kasaï, DRC) (2014- ) (supervisors: Koen Bostoen and Joseph Koni Muluwa)
> M.J. Misago (UGent):
Motion verbs in Kirundi (2014- ) (supervisors: Koen Bostoen and Maud Devos)
> J. De Kind (UGent):
The interface between information structure, syntax and prosody in Kikongo: An integrated descriptive, comparative and diachronic approach FWO (2012-2016) (supervisors: K. Bostoen and G.-M. de Schryver)
M.A.: Language variation in Angolan Kikongo from a diachronic perspective: phonology and morphology (2011-2012) (supervisor: K. Bostoen)
B.A.: Transitivity and the applicative in Cilubà (L31a) (2010-2011) (supervisor: K. Bostoen)
Completed PhD-projects
> J.-P. Donzo (ULB/UGent):
Langues bantoues de l'entre Congo-Ubangi (RD Congo): documentation, reconstruction, classification et contacts avec les langues oubanguiennes (2010-2015) (supervisors: Koen Bostoen, Xavier Luffin and Crispin Maalu-Bungi)
> F. Mberamihigo (ULB/UGent):
L'expression de la modalité en kirundi: exploitation d'un corpus électronique / The expression of modality in Kirundi: a corpus-based approach (2009-2014) (supervisors: Koen Bostoen, Gilles-Maurice de Schryver and Xavier Luffin)
French abstract here
> J. Mbwangi Mbwangi (ULB/RMCA/UGent):
Le théâtre africain et ses caractéristiques: analyse de quelques critères définitoires à travers le théâtre urbain kikongophone (2010-2014) (supervisors: Koen Bostoen, Xavier Luffin and Jacky Maniacky)
French abstract here


3. - Completed MA projects:

> L. Otto, African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.
B.A.: De provincie Mbata in het koninkrijk Kongo tussen 1375 en 1709. Een geschiedenis van de politieke, economische en religieuze ontwikkelingen (2015 - 2016) (supervisor: I. Brinkman)
> A. Willaert, African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.
B.A.: Cultuur en economie: De integratie van de culturele rol van Europees textiel in de economische geschiedschrijving van het Koninkrijk Loango in de 17de en de 18de eeuw (2015 - 2016) (supervisor: I. Brinkman)
D. Saelens, Archaeology Department, Ghent University, Belgium.
M.A.: Terracotta tabakspijpen uit Ngongo Mbata en Kindoki (Democratische Republiek Congo): X-stralen fluorescentie spectrometrisch onderzoek (2015-2016) (supervisors: Peter Vandenabeele and B. Clist)
S. Drieghe, African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.
Advanced M.A.: A Dialectological Approach to Synchronic and Diachronic Lexical Variation in the Kikongo Language Cluster: Trade and Crafts (2014-2015) (supervisor: K. Bostoen)
M.A.: The oldest Kakongo dictionary (1772): digitization, lexicographical analysis and historical-linguistic study (2013-2014) (supervisors: K. Bostoen and G-M de Schryver)
B.A.: Relationship between Kiyombe and the poorly documented Kikongo varieties Cizobe and Cilinji (DRC) (2012 - 2013) (supervisors: K. Bostoen and G-M de Schryver)
> M. Merchiers, African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.
M.A.: Bantuisms in animal and plant names from Santome, a Gulf of Guinea creole (2013-2014) (supervisor: Koen Bostoen)
B.A.: The Angolar Creole: state of the art of socio-historical and ethnolinguistic research on its genesis (supervisor: Koen Bostoen)
> A. Sengeløv, Archaeology Department, Ghent University, Belgium.
M.A.: Mbele a Lulendo: a study of the provenance and context of the swords found at Kindoki cemetery, Mbanza Nsundi, Bas-Congo (2013-2014) (supervisors: W. De Clercq and B. Clist)
> So Young Ko, African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.
M.A.: The Vinza language of Tanzania (Bantu, JD67) (2013-2014) (supervisor: Koen Bostoen)
> E. Vergaert, Archaeology Department, Ghent University, Belgium.
M.A.: Remote sensing of the Kongo kingdom. Inventory and methodological research into the usefulness of satellite and aerial imagery for archaeological research on the Kongo kingdom (2013-2014) (supervisors: J. Bourgeois and R. Goossens)
> C. Verhaeghe, Archaeology Department, Ghent University, Belgium.
M.A.: Funerary rites in the Kongo Kingdom: the meaning of the shell- and glassbeads in the burial site of Mbanza Nsundi, Bas-Congo (2013-2014) (supervisors: W. De Clercq and B. Clist)
> R. Wohnrath Campos, Langues et Civilisations africaines, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
M.A.: L'apport kongo/bantou au Brésil (2013-2014) (supervisor: Koen Bostoen)


4.- Completed BA projects:

> E. Bleyenberg, African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.
B.A.: Sound Change in Kikongo as spoken in 18th century Kakongo (2011 - 2012) (supervisor: Axel Fleisch)
> A. De Neef, African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.
B.A.: Het Kikongo van N'zeto (Angola): Kisolongo of niet (2012-2013) (supervisor: Koen Bostoen)
> H. Vandenabeele, African Languages and Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.
B.A.: Building a Komo lexicon (Bantu, D23) (2013 - 2014) (supervisors: K. Bostoen and G-M de Schryver)