KONGOKING : People

The following people are linguists and archaeologists from the three principal institutions who are core members of the KONGOKING research group, either working full time or part time, either funded by the ERC or not. For collaborators from other institutions, see 'Partners'.

Linguists:

> Koen Bostoen, Department of Languages and Cultures, Ghent
   University, Belgium: publications - contact - bio.
   Email: koen.bostoen@ugent.be

> Gilles-Maurice de Schryver, Department of Languages and Cultures,
   Ghent University, Belgium: publications - contact - bio.
   Email: gillesmaurice.deschryver@ugent.be

> Birgit Ricquier, Linguistics section, Royal Museum for Central Africa,
   Tervuren, Belgium: publications and bio.
   Email: birgit.ricquier@africamuseum.be
   PhD: A Comparative Linguistic Approach to the History of Culinary
   Practice in Bantu-Speaking Africa

> Sebastian Dom, Department of Languages and Cultures,
   Ghent University, Belgium
   PhD: Tense and aspect in Kikongo: A descriptive, comparative and
   diachronic approach to form and function (2014- ) (supervisors:
   K. Bostoen and G.-M. de Schryver)
   Advanced M.A.: The neuter in Bantu: A Systemic Functional analysis
   (2013-2014) (supervisor: M. Taverniers)
   M.A.: Tense and aspect in Kikongo (Bantu H16): A comparative
   approach to Kimbata, Kimbeko, Kinkanu, Cizali, Ciwoyo and Kisolongo
   (2012-2013) (supervisor: K. Bostoen)
   B.A.: Voice: antipassive and middle in Cilubà (L31a) (2011-2012)
   (supervisor: K. Bostoen)

> Heidi Goes, Department of Languages and Cultures,
   Ghent University, Belgium
   PhD: A diachronic and spatial analytical approach to linguistic micro-
   variation in the Kikongo dialect continuum (2014- ) (supervisors: K.
   Bostoen and G.-M. de Schryver)

Archaeologists:

> Bernard-Olivier Clist, Department of languages and cultures,
   Ghent University, Belgium: publications - contact - bio.
   Email: bernardolivier.clist@ugent.be

> Pierre de Maret, Center for Archaeological Research and Cultural
   Heritage (CReA-Patrimoine), Brussels University, Belgium:
   CReA-Patrimoine - web page.
   Email: pierre.de.maret@ulb.ac.be

> Alexandre Livingstone-Smith, Archaeology section, Royal Museum
   for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium.
   Email: asmith@africamuseum.be

> Els Cranshof, Department of African languages and cultures,
   Ghent University, Belgium.
   Email: els.cranshof@ugent.be
   PhD: The Kongo kingdom : chrono-typological, archaeological and
   ethnographical study of its pottery (2012-2016) (supervisors: P. de
   Maret and K. Bostoen)

> Igor Matonda, Department of African languages and cultures,
   Ghent University, Belgium.
   Email: igor.matondasakala@ugent.be
   PhD: Approche multidisciplinaire de l'urbanisme dans l'ancien
   royaume du Kongo: histoire, archéologie et linguistique historique
   (2012-2016) (supervisors: P. de Maret and K. Bostoen)

> Winnie Mandela Kaumba, Department of African languages and
   cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.
   Email: mandela.mazangakaumba@ugent.be
   PhD: Production et circulation de la céramique contemporaine
   dans l'aire Kongo (2012-2016) (supervisors: P. de Maret and K.
   Bostoen)

> Nicolas Nikis, Center for Archaeological Research and Cultural
   Heritage (CReA-Patrimoine), Brussels University, Belgium
   Email: nnikis@ulb.ac.be
   PhD: La métallurgie du cuivre en Afrique Centrale: Approche
   archéologique, archéométrique, anthropologique et historique. (2012- )
   (supervisor: P. de Maret)

Historians:

> Inge Brinkman, African Studies Center, Leyden, Netherlands &
   University of Ghent, Belgium (History)
   Email: Inge.Brinkman@UGent.be

> Hein Vanhee, Royal Museum for Central Africa & Department of African
   languages and cultures, Ghent University, Belgium
   Email: hein.vanhee@africamuseum.be
   PhD: Power and legitimacy in Mayombe. Yombe chiefs and the
   indigenous policies of the colonial state in Congo (2016- ) (supervisor:
   I. Brinkman)