CongUbangi research presented at l’Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Paris (12 June 2026) - On 04 June, 2026, Dr. Peter Coutros presented a talk entitled 'Ubangui Communities in the Congo Basin' at l'Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Paris. This talk focused on the interdisciplinary results of the CongUbangi project: Since 2024, the interdisciplinary CongUbangi project has… Read more
Archaeological fieldwork along the Ubangi River, DRC and CAR (12 June 2026) - Between March 03-31, 2026, the CongUbangi archaeology team conducted a survey and excavation campaign along nearly 400 km of the Ubangi River, between Bangui and Mobaye. Lead by Dr. Peter Coutros, the team consisted of Dr Nicolette Edwards (Southern Methodist… Read more
Archaeological Fieldwork of the Bouar Megaliths, Central African Republic (12 June 2026) - Between February 09 and 24th, the CongUbangi archaeology team, lead by Dr. Peter Coutros, conducted archaeological fieldwork focused on the megalithic monuments (locally known as Tazunu) of the Bouar region of Central African Republic. The team consisted of Dr Nicolette… Read more
Archaeological Fieldwork in the Central African Republic (13 May 2026) - Between 27 January - 9 February Dr. Peter Coutros lead the CongUbangi archaeology team on a mission in the western regions of the Central African Republic. Dr. Coutros was joined by Henri Zana (UGent, Université de Bangui) , Lucien Nguerede… Read more
Research on Ndunga [ndt] presented at the 4th Congo Research Network PhD days (2026) (4 February 2026) - Chrisnah Renaudot Mfouhou gave a talk entitled Noun-phrase level tonal phenomena in Ndungalɛ ("Ubangi", Mbaic) at the 4th Congo Research Network (CRN) PhD Days held on 15–16 January 2026 in a hybrid format at UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve) and online. The event brought… Read more
Ever-growing ties between CURDHACA (Université de Bangui, CAR) and the CongUbangi team (2026) (4 February 2026) - From January 15 to January 31, Sara Pacchiarotti, PI of the CongUbangi project, visited the Central African Republic to meet for the first time the local authorities with whom she co-signed a university cooperation agreement and joint PhD agreement for… Read more
Linguistic fieldwork on Furu [fuu], Gezo [pae], and Ngombe [ngc] of Bosobolo in Nord Ubangi province, DRC (2025) (4 February 2026) - From 6 October to 7 December 2025, Paulin Baraka Bose conducted his second fieldwork mission in the DRC province of Nord Ubangi. Several languages were targeted in this mission. Gezo [pae]: Paulin collected data from 10 Gezo villages located in… Read more
Linguistic fieldwork on Ndunga [ndt] (Ubangi, Mbaic) in the Mongala province, DRC (2025) (4 February 2026) - From August 23 to Oct 29, 2025, as part of his ongoing typologically informed grammar of Ndungalɛ, Chrisnah Mfouhou conducted his second fieldwork mission in Lisala and its environs. During his eight‑week stay, he addressed outstanding issues from his 2024… Read more
Research on Gezo (pae) presented at the SocioBaGs workshop (2025) (3 February 2026) - During June 26-28, Paulin Baraka Bose, Koen Bostoen, Sara Pacchiarotti participated in the SocioBaGS Workshop "Macro- and micro-variation in Bantu grammatical gender systems and their sociolinguistic correlates", funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft… Read more
Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork on iron-producing communities in the Central African Republic (2025) (3 February 2026) - During the first half of 2025, Lucien Pierre Nguerede conducted several fieldwork missions to collect data on the (ethno)archaeology of iron-producing communities located to the southwest of the Central African Republic. More specifically, Lucien collected ethnographic and archaeological data in… Read more