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The Bushongo or Songora are an ethnic group from the Congo River and surrounding areas. The creator god (or chembe) in Bushongo religion is called Bumba. Other names for him include M'Bombo and M'Bomba. He is said to have originally existed alone in darkness, in a universe consisting of nothing but primordial water. M'Bombo was said to appear like a gigantic man in form and white in colour.[1] The creation took place when he vomited the sun, moon, animals and then humanity.[2]
^Torday, Emil (1911). "Bushongo Mythology". Folk-Lore: The Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society. 22 (1): 41–47. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1911.9719461. JSTOR 1254954.
^"Bushongo Creation World of Myth". Valencia College. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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