Nganga or healer of the Kindgom of Congo

Nganga or spiritual healer of the Kindgom of Congo, Africa. In turban, animal-skin cloak, with horn and stick. The kingdom of Kongo covered parts of modern Congo, Gabon and Angola. Ganga magicien-medecin de Congo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792

1792 Angola Anthropology Aquatint Bordeaux Congo Diviner Encyclopedia Of Voyages Encyclopedie Des Voyages Enlightenment Ethnography Eurocentric Gabon Healer Imperialism J. Laroque Jacques Grasset De Saint-sauveur Kongo Noble Savage Sorcerer Traditional Medicine

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