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“The traditional social system of the Kôngo does not permit rich people to lead national or community institutions because a proverb says a rich man never talks or fights for other people’s interests unless it is to further his own interest. [Mvwâma nsusu; kanwâna, mâki mandi katânini]…”
-Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau, African Cosmology of the…
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“Individual wealth of all kinds above the accepted standard of necessary goods, is considered a crime. One says that this kind of wealth could not be accumulated without exploiting [wuka/yiba] other members of the community.”
-Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau, African Cosmology of the Bântu-Kôngo
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