Bongo Country
Encyclopedia
Bongo Country is referred to an entry in the All Saints, Poplar
, parish register
of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
. The entry records the baptism of Samuel Crighton, son of William Fernandez who claimed to be King
of the Bongo Country on the Western Coast of Africa.
There is no known kingdom of that name on the West African coast and no evidence as to which of several inland places called 'Bongo' to which it might refer.
The term has also been used by Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers in reference to a photograph by Edward Evans-Pritchard taken in Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan
.
Poplar, London
Poplar is a historic, mainly residential area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is about east of Charing Cross. Historically a hamlet in the parish of Stepney, Middlesex, in 1817 Poplar became a civil parish. In 1855 the Poplar District of the Metropolis was...
, parish register
Parish register
A parish register is a handwritten volume, normally kept in a parish church or deposited within a county record office or alternative archive repository, in which details of baptisms, marriages and burials are recorded.-History:...
of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It is in the eastern part of London and covers much of the traditional East End. It also includes much of the redeveloped Docklands region of London, including West India Docks...
. The entry records the baptism of Samuel Crighton, son of William Fernandez who claimed to be King
King
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of the Bongo Country on the Western Coast of Africa.
There is no known kingdom of that name on the West African coast and no evidence as to which of several inland places called 'Bongo' to which it might refer.
The term has also been used by Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers in reference to a photograph by Edward Evans-Pritchard taken in Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
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