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Pongoue
African people
Also known as: Mpongwe
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- In African art: Gabon
…the Ogowe tribes, particularly the Mpongwe, is closely tied to death rituals. Their masks, painted white to symbolize death, represent dead female ancestors, though they are worn by male relatives of the deceased.
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- In Libreville
Pongoue (Mpongwe) people first settled the estuary after the 16th century, followed by the Fang, who had migrated south from the Cameroon area, in the 19th century. Fort-d’Aumale was built by the French in 1843 on the estuary’s north bank, and a Catholic mission was…
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