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depict structure – real or
imagined – of the
earth or universe. Often,
cosmograms feature a
circle and a square, or a
circle and a cross. The
circle may...
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Kongo religion, Dr. Fu-Kiau, even
described some
precolonial Kongo cosmograms with
mfinda as a
bridge between the two worlds. Thompson,
Robert Farris;...
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enslaved Africans. The
Kongo cosmogram is also
called the
Bakongo cosmogram and the "Yowa" cross. The Yowa
cross (Kongo
cosmogram) "Is a fork in the road (or...
- In an
African American church on the
Eastern S**** of Virginia,
Kongo cosmograms were
designed into the church's
window frames. The
church was
built facing...
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traditional Bakongo religion, the four
elements are
incorporated into the
Kongo cosmogram. This
sacred wheel depicts the
physical world (Nseke), the
spiritual world...
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Kongo religion, Dr. Fu-Kiau, even
described some
precolonial Kongo cosmograms with
mfinda as a
bridge between the two worlds. In the 17th century, the...
- The
Bakongo cosmograms are a
likely influence on the
firmas of Palo....
- change. The line is
regarded as an
integral element within the Kôngo
cosmogram. The word Kalûnga is a
Kikongo word that
means "threshold
between worlds...
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traditional Bakongo religion, the five
elements are
incorporated into the
Kongo cosmogram. This
sacred symbol also
depicts the
physical world (Nseke), the spiritual...
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Research in
Black Culture in
Harlem under a
cosmogram that was
inspired by "The
Negro Speaks of Rivers". The
cosmogram is
entitled Rivers and was
designed by...
