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 Ngongo had multiple wives, one of which was murdered and cannibalized during a battle on December 30th, 1892. To punish the offenders, Ngongo personally murdered them and served them as dinner to his soldiers.
-He had at least two sons and one daughter. His eldest son, N'Zigi, and his daughter spent five years as hostages of Tippu Tip and received an Islamic education. As a result, Ngongo sent N'Zigi to Belgium to be educated in a European boarding school, hoping to reverse some of what he had been taught by the Arabs. His second son, Lupungu, inherited the family trade empire and leadership of the tribe, although most of the warriors branched off and refused to follow him.
+He had at least two sons and one daughter. His eldest son, N'Zigi, and his daughter spent five years as hostages of Tippu Tip and received an [[Islam]]ic education. As a result, Ngongo sent N'Zigi to Belgium to be educated in a European boarding school, hoping to reverse some of what he had been taught by the Arabs. His second son, Lupungu, inherited the family trade empire and leadership of the tribe, although most of the warriors branched off and refused to follow him.
 In 1936, Ngongo's grandson, Lupungu, was executed by the colonial authorities of Belgian Congo for "barbarous practices," related either to slave trading, cannibalism, or both.