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Mbongo

Mbongo, Ngbandi (Zaire, central Africa), is a river god and one of the seven deities invoked at sun rise every morning. The creator god of all black people and is said to reside in black waters. A.G.H.

Source:

Jordan, Michael, Encyclopedia of Gods, New York, Facts On File, Inc. 1993. p. 161