Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau-gctid30300

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Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau
 
My name is Fu Kiau Bunseki, from Congo, Kinshasa. Truly I came from a society in which they believe one cannot glorify oneself, but I can say a little bit about my personal life. I was born the fourth male from my mother, part of a polygamic union of 20 children.  
 
 After a few years of school in the village, I moved to a new school and met my first white person - a missionary. After four years, we took a national exam for a Protestant school preparing students to be teachers. I was among the first twenty in our whole area selected to become a teacher. After that, in 1956-58 there was fighting in the Congo, so Belgians had to get out. I finished in 1958 and I taught school for two years. Then I moved to the capital city, Kinshasa, and took classes at the university while teaching.  
 
 I decided I had to do research myself. I left my teaching position, and decided to open a small school in 1963. I built a center and then an elder came one Sunday and said, Fu Kiau, you cannot succeed unless you are initiated. I began new training and it led to my discovery of Kongo cosmology.

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Dr. K. Bunseki Fu-Kiau
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Dr. K. Bunseki Fu-Kiau   is one of the most distinguished and insightful scholars of Kmtyw   culture. Born in Manianga, Congo, he was educated in both Western and   Kmtyw systems of thought.

He is initiated into  three major traditional "secret  societies", Lemba, Khimba and Kimpasi.  These "secret societies" are in  reality indigenous educational  institutions. Lemba, is of particular  relevance because it is the  foundation for numerous Kmtyw based  religions and practices in the  Americas, including Palo Mayombe in Cuba,  Vodou Petro in Haiti, and  Candomble Angola in Brazil; brought about  through the transport of  Central Kmt's indigenous people to the new  world during the slave  trade.

         While teaching in the city of Kinshasa, Dr. Fu-Kiau   decided to return to his home, Manianga located in the countryside.   There, he founded Luyalungunu Lwa Kumba-Nsi Institute, a pioneering   education center dedicated to exploring and documenting traditional   Kongo culture. His research and development work at the Institute laid   bare the Kmtyw philosophy of ancient Bantu educational institutions,   which has had a significant effect on major western scholars including   Drs. Robert F. Thompson, John M. Janzen and Wyatt MacGaffey.   Essentially, the cultural philosophy espoused by President Mobutu of   Zaire on which he firmly established his national programme of   Aughtenticite was based on the works of Fu-Kiau.

 Dr. Fu-Kiau   came to the United States to continue his education, and to educate   Americans, particularly Kmtyw Americans, about the complexity and   depth of Kmtyw philosophy. Since his arrival, he as done precisely   that by means of various lectures and presentations. He has published   numerous books and articles including Kongo Cosmology, Kumina: A Kongo-based Tradition in the New World, Kindezi: The Kongo Art of Babysitting, and Self-Healing Power and Therapy, Old Teachings from Kmt.   He currently resides in Boston where he works as Director of Library   Services at the Suffolk County House of Correction, and as Visiting   Lecturer at the Tufts University Department of Anthropology and   Sociology. He has also instituted two unique courses at the Suffolk   County House of Correction: The Jail That Changed My Life and The   Kmtyw World and Culture. These courses are currently being turned into   manuscripts for publication.

 Dr. Fu-Kiau's   academic background includes degrees in the areas of Cultural   Anthropology (B.A.), School Administration (M.Ed.), Library Science   (M.S.), and Education and Community Development (Ph.D.). An insightful   scholar with a profound knowledge of Central Kmtyw philosophy and   Traditions, he is also a serious and committed educator with a wealth of   experience, both in Kmt and the United States. Dr. Fu-Kiau is a person of character, dedicated to the betterment of human-kind through tradtional Kmtyw ideas and means.
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[SallImSayin]

Mbote na beno. I've been looking for information on how he's been? Thanks

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Mbôte bèni.
This is the latest info I've received from July 12th:

Thank you for you inquiry about Dr. Fu-Kiau. Quite frankly, I         have been overwhelmed managing Dr. Fu-kiau's care and finances         while still maintaining my own job and family like. So, I have         not been able to post updates on Dr. Fu-Kiau's condition as much         as I like.
       
        After a health episode that left him in very poor condition last         fall, Dr. Fu-Kiau was         hospitalized for a month at Beth Israel Hospital. Eventually, I         was able to get him moved to a new nursing home, where his         adjustment has been much better. He still has inoperable cancer,         but his condition is stable at the moment. He is taking         visitors, if you are in the area. He can be reached at the         address below.
       
        Kindred Transitional Care-Avery House
        100 West Street
        Needham, MA 02494
        781-234-6300
       
        Thank you for your concern and interest in Dr. Fu-Kiau.

[SallImSayin]

^I appreciate you passing on this information. Ntondele.

[omalone1]

Gwiz, thank you for this as we have been searching for more information on his individual

[Khafrahotep]

He is a BlackNificent elder... love this Baba's books... Meda ase.