Aerodynamic and articulatory research on labial-velar and implosive consonants in the Central African Republic (28 February 2025) - From January 29 to March 30, Dr. Lorenzo Maselli, a doctor-assistant in the African Studies department and a BOF-funded postdoctoral fellow associated with the CongUbangi project, will conduct aerodynamic and articulatory research on labial-velar and implosive consonants in Bantu, Ubangi,… Read more
2025 Archaeological Mission to the Central African Republic (14 February 2025) - Between January 10th and February 1st, the CongUbangi team conducted its first archaeological mission to the Central African Republic. The archaeology team, made up of Peter R. Coutros, Lucien Nguerede, and Henri Zana joined Professor Karen Lupo and Dave Schmitt… Read more
CongUbangi linguistic research at LLACAN seminars in Paris (18 December 2024) - On November 27 2024, linguistics doctoral students Chrisnah Renaudot Mfouhou and Paulin Baraka Bose presented preliminary results of their respective fieldwork missions of 2024 at the weekly seminars of LLACAN (Langage, Langues, et Cultures d'Afrique (UMR 8135 CNRS - INALCO… Read more
CongUbangi at the annual European Association of Archaeologists (Rome, August 2024) (23 September 2024) - On August 29th Peter Coutros (UGent), Igor Matonda (UNIKIN), Henri Zana (UGent/Université de Bangui), Lucien Pierre Nguerede (UGent/Université de Bangui) and Sara Pacchiarotti (UGent) presented their research on “Central African archaeology of the northern Bantu borderlands: Initial Results of the… Read more
Linguistic fieldwork on Bantu varieties spoken by fishermen around Lisala and Bumba in the Mongala province (DRC) (19 August 2024) - From July 6 to August 3, Prof. Jean Pierre Donzo carried out linguistic fieldwork within the framework of the CongUbangi project in areas surrounding Lisala and Bumba, two locations in the Mongala province of the DRC. He collected lexical and… Read more
Linguistic and genetic fieldwork on Ndunga [ndt] (Ubangi, Mbaic) in the Mongala province (DRC) (6 August 2024) - From July 6 to August 18, Chrisnah Renaudot Mfouhou will be conducting linguistic fieldwork on Ndunga, an enclaved Mbaic (Ubangi) variety spoken in several villages around Lisala in the Mongala province of the DRC. In this first fieldwork mission, Chrisnah… Read more
Linguistic and genetic fieldwork on Furu [fuu] (Central Sudanic?) in the Nord-Ubangi province (DRC) (5 June 2024) - From May 6 to June 6 Paulin Baraka Bose will be conducting fieldwork on Furu, a putative Sara-Bongo-Bagirmi (SBB) language (Central Sudanic) spoken in several villages to the northeast of Bosobolo along the left bank of the Ubangi River, in… Read more
First joint fieldwork mission of the CongUbangi team in the Sud-Ubangi province (DRC) (5 May 2024) - From April 17 to May 8, the CongUbangi team and associated researchers carried out a first joint fieldwork mission in Gemena and Libenge, in the province of Sud-Ubangi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The linguistic team consisted… Read more