A nganga (pl. banganga or kimbanda) is a spiritual healer, diviner, and ritual specialist in traditional Kongo religion.[1] These experts also exist across the African diaspora in countries where Kongo and Mbundu people were transported during the Atlantic slave trade, such as Brazil, the southern United States, Haiti and Cuba.
A nganga (pl. banganga or kimbanda) is a spiritual healer, diviner, and ritual specialist in traditional Kongo religion. These experts also exist across...
Rolly Fula Nganga (born 2 February 1993) is a Congolese basketball player, who plays for APR, Bangui Sporting Club and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Ulrich Nganga (born 17 April 1970) is a British former professional tennis player. Nganga, born to a Kenyan mother and German father, grew up in Norfolk...
Bernard Mbuga Nganga (born 17 January 1985) is a Kenyan 3000 metre steeplechase runner and pacemaker for the Diamond League. He was the winner of the 2015...
Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge (c. 1920 – August 14, 2009) was a Kenyan man who held the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to leave primary school...
Spiritual experts who dedicated themselves to Nzazi gained the title a Nganga Nzazi (Nganga means expert in Kikongo) and invoked his power to cause thunder,...
Evelyne Wambui Nganga (born 4 April 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres. In 2006, she won the silver medal in the...
Matamoros. Many of his victims' body parts were cooked in a large pot called a nganga. Constanzo made Sara Aldrete second-in-command of his cult, and directed...
order to do so, an individual would have to seek the guidance of nganga. The nganga would proceed using their ability to intervene with nkisi on behalf...
Lemba, initiated new healers. Expert healers, known as banganga (sing. nganga) underwent extensive training to commune with the ancestors in the spiritual...
Virginia Nyambura Nganga (born 20 July 1993) is a Kenyan runner who specialises in the steeplechase. She was the gold medallist in the steeplechase at...
Stanley Kamanga Nganga born December 19, 1951, is a prominent Kenyan librarian and former Director of the Kenya National Library Service. He is notable...
human bones to put in his nganga, or cauldron. Before long, his cult decided that the spirits of the dead that resided in the nganga would be stronger (providing...
Lewis Nguyai Nganga is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Kikuyu Constituency in the National...
Nakatindi Yeta Nganga (1922–1972) was a Lozi aristocrat and Zambian politician. Jointly one of the first women elected to the National Assembly, she was...
Joseph Nganga Kiuna is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Molo Constituency in the National...
Sumu la Penzi is a Kenyan Swahili, melodrama that premiered in 2013 in Africa Magic Swahili. It has Serah Ndanu, Joyce Maina, Naomi Ng'ang'a and Judith...
thus Nzambi himself. The natural powers of Nzambi can be harnessed by a Nganga and in common ceremonies.[citation needed] Asante, Molefi; Mazama, Ama (2009)...
Military offices Preceded by Samuel Nganga Thuita Commander of the Kenyan Air Force 2018–2021 Succeeded by John Mugaravai Omenda Preceded by Robert Kariuki...
are constructed by religious specialists, called nganga (plural zinganga or banganga). The nganga gathers materials, called nlongo (plural bilongo or...
Louis Nganga a Ndzando (1923 – February 13, 2014) was a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church. Ndzando was born in Ndeke Mabela and was ordained a priest...
1093/biosci/bix014. ISSN 0006-3568. PMC 5451287. PMID 28608869. Samba G.; Nganga D.; Mpounza M. (2008). "Rainfall and temperature variations over Congo-Brazzaville...
Padua, who was a major Portuguese saint. Dona Beatriz "was trained as an nganga marinda, an individual who consults the supernatural world to solve problems...
Joseph Nganga Maregu (born 22 November 1977) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running events from 10K to the marathon. A journeyman...
Yahweh Elements Ancestral veneration Kalunga line Kongo cosmogram Mfinda Nature spirits Nganga Nlongo Simbi Art Nkisi Nkondi Tumba Diaspora Category v t e...
communities throughout the rural areas of NE India. Bomoh Curandero Dukun Kahuna Nganga Plastic shaman Quimbanda Lugira, Aloysius Muzzanganda. African Traditional...