Bomazi is the ancestor-god in the mythology

Bushongo mythology

The Bushongo are an ethnic group from the Congo River and surrounding areas. The creation god in Bushongo mythology is called Bumba. The god Bumba is said to have vomited forth the sun, moon, earth, plants and animals, and then humanity...

 of the Bushongo people of the Congo River

Congo River

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 area. He was a light-skinned man who came from heaven

Heaven

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and appeared to an elderly childless couple, telling them that they would have a daughter. They indeed had a daughter, and when she grew up, Bomazi married her. Their five sons became the chiefs of the five Bushongo tribes.