Dingi

Dingi lies in the forested Mayombe country north of the lower Congo River. The hills and valleys of this region form part of the homeland of Yombe-speaking communities. Mayombe was also home to the old kingdom of Vungu, or Bungu, which appears in traditions of the origins of Kongo. In 1535 King Afonso I of Kongo named Bungu among the lands over which he claimed authority, while the kingdoms of Kakongo and Ngoyo lay toward the Atlantic coast.