Bushoong Information Location:Southeastern Congo (Zaire) Population:17,000 Language:Bushoong (Bantu) Neighboring Peoples:Biombo, Luba Kasai, Pende, Pyaang, Ngongo, Ngeende, Lele Types of Art:As might be expected, art that can be directly attributed to the Bushoong is almost always used to validate rule. Portraits of rulers (Ndop) are perhaps the best known of the Bushoong royal arts and are used as mnemonic devices to remember Kuba history and to transfer power from one king to th ...