Research Question: How did the great Kongo Kingdom come to be?
Thesis: There are many tellings of how the kongo came to be there is the most common and different versions of it and others and there is what likely happened.
Topic Sentence #1: Long ago pregnant woman named Ne Lukeni wished to cross the great river to reach a market on the other side. The ferryman in charge of the river kept her waiting, and Ne Lukeni Grew Impatient. She Berated the man and begerd him endlessly. She was Pregnant so she demanded she cross immediately :It did not help to annoy the the ferryman. After all he was the master of the river, and no one could cross without his services. “perhaps you are a queen he said” “or a mother of a king and you can not wait patiently like everyone else. Ne leucine was furious how dare this lowly ferryman treat her so poorly. Nu Lukini returned home and told her son Nimi Lukeni. Now he saw at once his chance to seize power which he wanted greatly. Then Nemi lukini recruited many people promising them land a wealth and they set out to make these promises come true.
Topic Sentence #2: Some variations of the story say that Ne Leucine was Nimi Lucian aunt not mother and that he was the ferryman and he killed her and was made king and others say the founder was a great blacksmith that could make metal far beyond the the simple tools of their rivals
Topic Sentence #3: As you can see there are many different stores saying how the kongo kingdom rose but most likely none of them are a curet what probably happened is several provinces just joined together under one kings rule
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