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Nkisi or
Nkishi (plural varies: minkisi, mikisi, zinkisi, or
nkisi) are
spirits or an
object that a
spirit inhabits. It is
frequently applied to a variety...
- of
nkisi to
include consecrated objects or
charms that
contained the
essence of
nature spirits and
their spiritual powers.
These minkisi (sing.
nkisi) were...
- bibliography. En/Gendered Power: A
nkisi from the
Rockefeller Collection Brooklyn Museum:
Standing Nkisi Figure Nkisi at the Art
Institute of
Chicago Nkondi...
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Bakongo religion incorporating the
Kongo cosmogram,
Simbi water spirits, and
Nkisi and
Minkisi practices. The West
African influence is
Vodun from the Fon...
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spirits that
dwelt within magical charms." It
refers to the
cavity of a
nkisi,
where magical items are
normally stored.
Alternative words for mojo, such...
- the
words "
nkisi" to mean "holy". Thus,
church to
Kongo people was nzo a
nkisi,
which means "another shrine," and the
Bible was
mukanda nkisi,
which means...
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context of folk
religion Made and used by the
BaKongo of
western DRC, a
nkisi (plural minkisi) is a
sculptural object that
provides a
local habitation...
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beings and
other Nkisi; he is
additionally the
protector of the houses.
Nkosi Mukumbe (also Hoji Mukumbi, Panzu, Xauê) is the
Nkisi of roads, agriculture...
- and smelting, and the
women make clay pots. Po****r
figures include the
Nkisi nkonde and
female phemba statues. In 1981
there was an
estimated 15,000...
- po****tions
across the Americas,
particularly in the
continuation of
Nkisi and
Nkisi Nkondi traditions and
Kongo burial traditions among African Americans...
