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FIG. 5 (À GAUCHE) : NtambueSaSo mort Yers .
PhotograShie Srise en Sar P. Timmermans dans la
rpgion de Demba.
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NtambueSaSo est un desFendant du Fhef =aSSo=aS Tui amena son
SeuSle dans la rpgion de Luluabourg .ananga.
FIG. 5 (LEFT): NtambueSaSo died F. .
PhotograSh b\ P. Timmermans in in the Demba region.
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NtambueSaSo Zas a desFendant of Chief =aSSo=aS, Zho reloFated his
SeoSle to the area around Luluabourg .ananga.
s’en est suivi une certaine mixité culturelle qui eut
notamment des répercussions sur les arts. Le style
nsapo-nsapo dont parle la littérature est donc le
résultat d’une succession d’événements historiques
bien particuliers ainsi que d’échanges culturels qui
en découlèrent. Certaines pièces des collections du
musée expriment parfaitement cette hybridation
du style nsapo-nsapo.
FIG. 4 (CI-DESSOUS) : Orches tre du chef Zappo-Zap.
PhotograShie Srise Sar ). L. 0iFhel " à Luluabourg .ananga Yers .
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Le Fhef =aSSo=aS dit © le Meune ª pYoTup est le ¿ ls du =aSSo=aS dit
© l’anFien ª Tui fut en FontaFt aYeF Paul Le 0arinel.
FIG. 4 (BELOW): The Orches tra of Chief Zappo-Zap.
PhotograSh b\ ). L. 0iFhel " in Luluabourg .ananga, F. .
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The Chief =aSSo=aS referenFed here knoZn as ³the
\ounger´ is the son of Chief =aSSo=aS ³the elder´,
Zho Zas assoFiated Zith Paul Le 0arinel.
ensured that this people could permanently settle in
a location west of the current city of Kananga. The
Songye-Eki, also known as the “Nsapo-Nsapo” or
“Nsapo” after their chief, arrived in this unfamiliar
area and found it was mainly populated by Luluwa
and western Luba. Their settlement there created a
unique cultural blend that had a unique impact on art.
The Nsapo-Nsapo style discussed in academic literature
is the result of a series of signifi cant historical
events and of the cultural intermixing that arose from
them. Several items in the collection of the RMCA
perfectly embody the hybridization that characterizes
the Nsapo-Nsapo style.