Mvulusi how it is the situation of KiKongo now? It is still used? Because one of my biggest fear being a MuKongo it is that KiKongo might disappear like many other African languages

I don't know how it is in Angola or in Congo Brazzaville. But in DRC its dissapearing slowly, people in villages starts to do Kinzonzi in Lingala. Kasangulu is full in influence of Kinshasa and people of Kinshasa start also to burry people there, since there isn't much place anymore there and people not respecting deceased people. Everybody talks lingala in Kongo-Central, Kikongo is now more in the background. But in Mbanza-Ngungu they started a big campaign and they are teaching kids Kikongo at school so that they won't forget it. In 2012 my oncle called someone in Kindibu in Mbanza-Ngungu with a guy asking his friend which languague he was talking with my oncle being shoked. It's amaze me how people from Bandundu are proud about Munukutuba. Bakongo of DRC are ashamed to talk Kikongo in public in Kinshasa, while in Brazzaville they don't care. With people telling them to stop to talk it saying that it's a langague of people from villages, but the same people finding it normal if someone is talking Shawili or Tshiluba.

Mobutu's denigration campaign of Bakongo afected them alot, "Mukongo Zobä', etc. Having killed also alot of big Kongo-leaders Kasa Vubu, Nzenza Landu, Leopold Massiala (ow his death was horrible, Mobutu wasn't human), Emmanuel Bamba, etc.

It makes me always laugh how my oncles hates Mobutu or become angry if people start to praise them. Talking then lingala with that Kikongo-accent. Another oncle of me was telling me how they were humilating Bakongo-soldiers in the army (including his dad who was arrested many times). But that is all the past.

Lot of what you said made a lot of sense Thank you

So Fally is Mungala? I'm a bit confused since it was spelled Mangala and I thought most tribes were Mu- singular Ba- plural.

If he is mungala it kinda makes sense why I thought he sounded like Maman Eyenga in KO-KO-KO lol. They speak really deep lingala.

So Fally is Mungala? I'm a bit confused since it was spelled Mangala and I thought most tribes were Mu- singular Ba- plural.

If he is mungala it kinda makes sense why I thought he sounded like Maman Eyenga in KO-KO-KO lol. They speak really deep lingala.

Mangala is the ethnicity let's assume I am Fally I am a Mangqla of ethnicity, but for calling one Mangala you say Mungala moko boye a Mungala Bangala moko boys some Mangalas
In KiKongo instead
Ki means of Ki Kongo means of Kongo but Mongo originally means Kingdom so KiKongo means Of The Kingdom so for the Bakongo is the same the only thing that changes is the prefix on the ethnicity in fact we are BaKongo as ethnicity

Fally Ipupa is a Musakata, like Fabregas. Basakata are one of the many clans who form together with  the Batetela, Bakusu, Balokole, Bangombe and many others the big Anamongo-tribe. Which is after the Luba's the biggest tribe of Congo followed by the Bakongo. But people just call them Bangala.