Boundji is the name of a district and a village of the area of the Cuvette in République of Congo. The name comes from a modification of the expression Mbosi " mbo ndzi " who literally means several arms , each arm indicating the axis of source of the populations mbosi which populate Boundji in the beginning.

History of the village

The village of Boundji was born following the foundation by Monseigneur Augouard, missionary in French Congo at the end of the 19th century, of the Catholic Mission Saint François-Xavier, the January 10th 1900. Called Saint Benoit in the beginning, it is located at one kilometer of the Alima, one of the rivers borrowed by the explorer Savorgnon de Brazza.

The village increased and became an administrative center, chief town of the District of Boundji. One finds there elementary schools (which amongst other things accommodated Jacques Opangault, Monseigneur Emile Biayenda and Theophilus Obenga), a general college, a professional college and a college. One also finds there a Dispensaire and a Hôpital, a Aérodrome, a river port built with the assistance of the Fonds European for the Development (EDF) with the whole beginning of the Années 1970, a career and a unit of crushing, a factory of dehusking of the coffee and paddy (in ruin), an artisanal unit of manufacture of palm oil inherited the Tréchaut brothers…

Monuments

The colonial buildings have almost all disappeared. There remains about it only the old convent of the sisters Franciscaines Missionnaires of Marie (FM) composed of a main home, a building having been used as orphanage and of a vault. This unit is occupied today by the fathers of the Congregation of Franciscains, originating in Italy.

The Christian cemetery creation date of Saint Benoit. In addition to European missionaries, one also finds several natives there.

The Alsatian priest Paul Sigward built starting from 1968 the current Catholic church of Boundji which left the edges of Alima for the heart of the Christian village.

Principal villages

The principal villages which form the District of Boundji are: Okouessé, Ondingui, Attéli, Otségnè, Odikango, Engondo, Effessi, Okoulou, Iyongo, Tséka, Iko, Epfounou, Engana, Oléri, Abolo, Ekiembé, Ngoni, Ekami, Abéla, Tsongo, Endaki, Ongondza, Tombo, Obongui, Olongonè, Mbessè, Okoungou…

Folklore

The folklore of Boundji various and is varied: the dances like Kiébé-Kiébé, Okwakassa, Ondzèlè, Ollamâ, Etour' Ikanga, Okouenguèlè Chosen, Tsal' has Kosso, Congo Bolingo… are extremely popular.

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