The “Babende” are the members of a secret society among the Bangongo, a tribe of the Buschongo or Songora on the lower Congo.
Kongo. A Makenge named dignitary of the Babende.
Category: Congo
Arabian Girl hairdress from Kisangani Congo
Arabian Girl hairdress from Kisangani Congo c. 1910s.
Woman of Goma. Congo Makele. African hairstyle.
Goma is a major city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of North Kivu Province.
Skull deformation.
Skull deformation. Wife of a Mangbetu Chief, Belgian Congo 1925.