Mbundu may refer to the Northern Mbundu people Ambundu the North Mbundu language Kimbundu the Southern Mbundu people Ovimbundu the South Mbundu language Umbundu disambig ... more details
distinguish Southern Mbundu people template Infobox ethnonym Ambundu Kimbundu Northern Mbundu File Angola tribes 1970.jpg thumb Ethnical map of Angola Ambundu area marked yellow The Mbundu , more appropriately called the Northern Mbundu or the Ambundu distinct from the Southern Mbundu or the Ovimbundu ... in the latest count ref http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 371373 Mbundu Encyclopedia Britannica Online Mbundu People NB This count is outdated, as the population of Luanda alone amounts to an estimated ... Norte and Cuanza Sul provinces. The head of the main Mbundu kingdom was called Ngola, which is the origin of the name of the nation of Angola . Precolonial History The Mbundu are one of the Bantu ... Bantu language, and it is thought that the Mbundu have arrived from the North rather than from the East ... San populations. The Mbundu society consisted of local communities until the 14th century. Their society ... of the Army ref . file MBunduRegions.jpeg right thumb 280px The name Mbundu was first used by the Bakongo , before it was adopted by the Mbundu themselves. The first king of Kingdom of Kongo Kongo occupied part of the Mbundu territories from 1370, and turned it into his province MPemba. He made MBanza Kongo his capital there. Later on the Mbundu kingdom of Matamba became Kongo s Vassalage vassal ... in the Mbundu states in this century. The Portuguese had defeated Matamba in 1836, and had advanced ... of people, money, and an efficient military. The Mbundu had opportunities to revolt or negotiate ... to be their colonies, and brought them under actual control. The last Mbundu tribe to be defeated ... that he was of the Mbundu ethnic group on the PBS special African American Lives . Isaiah Washington , another American actor, has a genealogical DNA link to the Mbundu tribe through his paternal line. References references Bibliography David Birmingham Trade and Conflict in Angola The Mbundu and Their Neighbours ... Kings and Kinsmen Early Mbundu states in Angola , Oxford Clarendon, 1976 Jan Vansina Kingdoms of Savanna ... more details
Infobox Language name South Mbundu nativename Umbundu states flag Angola speakers 4 million familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Southern Bantoid languages Southern Bantoid fam6 Bantu languages Bantu fam7 Central fam8 Guthrie classification of Bantu languages Zone R Zone R nation Angola iso1 iso2 umb iso3 umb South Mbundu , or Umbundu , autonym mb nd is a language spoken by the Southern Mbundu people now generally referred to by the way they call themselves, Ovimbundu in the central highlands of Angola . Umbundu is the most widespread Bantu languages Bantu language in Angola. About one third of Angola is represented by Ovimbundu people. Not to be confused with Kimbundu , or North Mbundu, a language classified by Malcolm Guthrie as belonging to zone H, whereas Umbundu is an R zone language. References Schadeberg, Thilo C. 1982 Nasalization in Umbundu , Journal of African Languages and Linguistics , 4, 2, 109 132. Gladwyn M. Childs Umbundu Kinship and Character Being a Description of Social Structure and Individual Development of the Ovimbundu , London Oxford University Press, 1949. ISBN 0835732274. External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code umb Ethnologue report on Umbundu http www.panafril10n.org wikidoc pmwiki.php PanAfrLoc Umbundu PanAfrican L10n page on Umbundu http www.ovimbundu.org Educacao Umbundu Lessons Languages of Angola DEFAULTSORT Umbundu Language Category Languages of Angola Category Languages of Namibia Category Bantu languages angola stub nc lang stub ast Umbundu de Umbundu Sprache es Idioma umbundu eo Umbunda lingvo fr Oumboundou rw Icyumbundu ja pl J zyk umbundu pt Umbundu ru udm ... more details
Infobox Language name Mbundu nativename Kimbundu states flag Angola region Malanje Malanje Province speakers 3,000,000 1999 http www.ethnologue.org show language.asp?code kmb familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Southern Bantoid languages Southern fam6 Bantu languages Bantu fam7 Guthrie classification of Bantu languages Zone H Zone H nation agency iso1 iso2 kmb iso3 kmb North Mbundu , or Kimbundu , one of two Bantu languages called Mbundu see Umbundu is one of the most widely spoken Bantu languages in Angola , concentrated in the north west of the country, notably in the Luanda Province , the Bengo Province and th Malanje Province . It is spoken by the Mbundu people Ambundu . There are eleven dialects of Kimbundu Ngola, Dembo, Jinga, Bondo, B ngala, Songo, Ibaco, Luanda, Quibala, Libolo, and Quissama. During the Portuguese colonial period, a 1919 decree banned the use of local languages in schools and made Portuguese obligatory. This heavily reduced the use of Kimbundu amongst educated and urban populations in favour of Portuguese. On the other hand, Kimbundu was learned by a significant part of the Portuguese population of the region, and many Kimbundu words passed into the everyday Portuguese spoken there. In the 1960s and 1970s, even white and racially mixed musical groups used to sing songs in Kimbundu, e.g. Monami and Kamba iyami . In part of the Malanje Province culturally assimilated Ambundu populations produced a mix of Kimbundu and Portuguese called Ambaca, whose speakers are called Ambaquistas. Script The Kimbundu script was developed by Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Capuchin and Society of Jesus Jesuit missionaries. While they produced many texts and grammars, most of them demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding or oversimplification of the Kimbundu ... cesa.imb.org peoplegroups mbundu.htm People Profiles North Mbundu of Angola http www.bjornthegreat.com ... more details
distinguish Northern Mbundu people inappropriate tone date June 2010 template Infobox ethnonym Ocimbundu Ovimbundu Umbundu Southern Mbundu File Angola tribes 1970.jpg thumb Ethnical map of Angola Ovimbundu area marked blue The Southern Mbundu , now generally called Ovimbundu singular Ocimbundu , adjective and language Umbundu , are an ethnic group who live on the Bi Plateau of central Angola and in the coastal strip west of these highlands. As the largest ethnic group in Angola, they make up almost 40 percent of the country s population. Overwhelmingly the Ovimbundu follow Christianity , with roughly equal shares of the Catholic Church and different Protestant denominations, mainly the Igreja Evang lica Congregacional de Angola IECA , founded by American missionaries however, some still retain practices from African traditional religion s. History The origin of the Ovimbundu are populations who drifted in from the North, over the last millennium, and formed local regional groups which slowly became political units and foci of social identity Balundu, Sele, Wambo, Bieno and others. They developed a sophisticated agriculture, completed by small animals chicken, goats, swine as well as a modicum of cows bought from the farmer herders to the South Nyaneka Nkhumbi , Ovambo people Ovambo . Incisive change came about when he Portuguese established a colonial bridgehead in Benguela , in the 16th century. Several of the small kingdoms saw their advantage in organising an intense caravan trade between Benguela and peoples of the East, in particular the Chokwe and Ganguela , from whom they obtained wax, ruber, and ivory. Each trading caravan had a professional leader and diviner. Trade agreements that had linked the independent chiefdoms led to the development of regional specializations, including metalwork and cornmeal production. Slavery and the slave trade were also an integral part of Ovimbundu societies. Caravan trading declined with the suppression of the slave trade and, more ... more details
Angola state The following is an incomplete list of the rulers of Matamba , a medieval West Central African state centered in modern Angola . The kingdom of Matamba was ruled by native Mbundu kings and queens since at least the early 16th century. During much of this time it was a nominal vassal to the powerful Kingdom of Kongo to its north. In 1631, Matamba was invaded by the warrior queen Nzinga Mbande of the neighboring Mbundu kingdom of Ndongo . From then on, the state would be ruled by an Ndongo dynasty. Native Dynasty King Kambolo Matamba ruled c. 1590s Queen Mwongo Matamba ruled ? 1631 Ndongo Dynasty Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba Ana I de Sousa Nzinga Mbande ruled 1631 1663 Queen Barbara of Matamba Barbara ruled 1663 1666 King Njinga Mona ruled 1666 1669 King Jo o of Matamba Jo o Guterres Ngola Kanini ruled 1669 1670 King Njinga Mona 2nd reign ruled 1670 1680 King Francisco I of Matamba Francisco I Guterres Ngola Kanini ruled 1680 1681 Queen Ver nica I of Matamba Ver nica I Guterres Kandala Kingwanga ruled 1681 1721 King Afonso I of Matamba Afonso I Alvares de Pontes ruled 1721 1741 Queen Ana II of Matamba ruled 1741 1756 Queen Ver nica II of Matamba ruled 1756 1758 Queen Ana III of Matamba ruled 1758 ? King Francisco II of Matamba Francisco II Kalwete Ka Mbandi ruled ? ? Unknown son of Ana III ruled 1810 ? DEFAULTSORT List Of Rulers Of Matamba Category Lists of monarchs Matamba Category Angola related lists Matamba Category Matamban and Ndongo monarchs ... more details
Mafuila Ricky Mavuba Ku Mbundu 15 December 1949 &ndash 1997 was a football player from Congo DR national football team Za re , nicknamed The Black Sorcerer. His son is Rio Mavuba . Biography Ricky Mavuba was an excellent football player. He competed for Zaire at 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany ref FIFA player 53874 Mafuila Mavuba ref and also He won the 1974 African Cup of Nations at Egypt national football team Egypt defeating Zambia national football team Zambia in a second Game by 2 0. br He is remembered to be excellent at taking direct free kicks. Mavuba excelled in penalty kick executions, effortlessly scoring it with a finesse that defied the laws of physics. Also Mavuba is credited to be the first Congolese soccer player ever to score from a corner kick a perfect curved shot that went in straight in the back of the net without other deflections. Following his football career, Mavuba moved to Angola. He fled the country with his family at the onset of the civil war in 1984 and lived as a refugee in France until his death in 1997. ref cite web publisher Times Online author Hawkey, Ian title Bordeaux driven by mystery man Mavuba url http www.timesonline.co.uk tol sport football article600880.ece date 2006 10 15 accessdate 2008 12 16 ref Club career Defensive midfield player from Congo DR national football team Za re , winger from AS Vita Club of Kinshasa with He won the CAF Champions League in 1973. Honours FIFA World Cup 1974 br Africa Cup of Nations Champion in 1974 Against Zambia in Egypt 2 2 playoff 2 0 . References Reflist See also 1974 FIFA World Cup squads Zaire Squad 1974 World Cup Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mavuba, Mafuila ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1997 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mavuba, Mafuila Category 1949 births Category 1997 deaths Category Democratic Republic of the Congo ... footy bio stub ca Mafuila Mavuba Ku Mbundu fr Ricky Mavuba nl Ricky Mavuba pl Mafuila Mavuba pt Mafuila ... more details
the Ovimbundu , Mbundu , Bakongo , Chokwe , and other peoples. Fact date May 2010 Ethnic groups and languages ... language. The three dominant ethnic group s are the Ovimbundu , Mbundu better called Ambundu, speaking ..., were located in west central Angola, south of Mbundu inhabited regions. In 1988 the United States ... , who seemed to straddle the linguistic boundary between the Ovimbundu and the Mbundu and the Dombe .... Mbundu Just north of Ovimbundu territory lived the Mbundu, the second largest ethnolinguistic ... population. In the sixteenth century, most of the groups that came to be known as Mbundu a name ... at altitudes below 700 meters. In general, the outlines of the area occupied by the Mbundu had remained ... by Bakongo and others. Although most of the boundaries of Mbundu territory remained fairly firm ... and linguistic influences in the colonial period. The Mbundu in general and the western Mbundu ... as lingua franca s for many Mbundu. The western dialect was centered in Luanda, to which many Mbundu ... Ambundu or Akwaluanda, thus distinguishing themselves from rural Mbundu. The eastern dialect, known as Ambakista, had its origins in the eighteenth century in a mixed Portuguese Mbundu trading center ... much of eastern Mbundu territory. Another Kimbundu speaking group, the Dembos, were generally included in the Mbundu category. Living north of Luanda, they had also been strongly influenced by Kikongo speakers. By the late 1960s, the Mbundu living in the cities, such as Luanda and Malanje, had ... Portuguese customs became assimilados. The Mbundu were the MPLA s strongest supporters when the movement first formed in 1956. The MPLA s president, Agostinho Neto , was the son of a Mbundu Methodist pastor and a graduate of a Portuguese medical school. In the 1980s, the Mbundu were predominant in Luanda ... of the peoples Minungu and Shinji in this area with the Mbundu, and the Minungu language is sometimes ... Mbundu influence on these two peoples, but the work of a number of linguists places their languages ... more details
ethnic group group Chokwe image Image WLANL Pachango Tropenmuseum Chokwebeeld 1 .jpg 250px Chokwe statue poptime 1.16 million popplace Angola , Congo Kinshasa , Zambia rels Christianity Christian , Animist langs Chokwe language Chokwe , many also speak French language French , Portuguese language Portuguese or English language English . related Mbundu , Bantu peoples Bantu Luba , Lunda , Lwena , Ovimbundu , Songo About the Central African ethnic group the city in Mozambique Chokwe, Mozambique the language Chokwe language File Angola tribes 1970.jpg thumb Ethnical map of Angola Chokwe Lunda area marked grey The Chokwe also pronounced Tchokwe are an ethnic group of Central Africa whose ancestry can perhaps be traced to Mbundu and Mbuti Pygmies . Large groups of Chokwe currently reside in Angola , Zambia , and the Democratic Republic of Congo . Their language is usually referred to as Chokwe language Chokwe , a Bantu languages Bantu language. Many also speak the official languages of their countries english language English in Zambia , French language French in Democratic Republic of Congo , and Portuguese language Portuguese as first or second language in Angola. History The Chokwe were once one of the twelve clans of the great Lunda Empire of 17th and 18th century Angola . They eventually became independent when they refused to continue paying tribute to the Lunda emperor. Their successful trading and abundant resources caused them to be one of the wealthiest groups in Angola. By 1900 the Chokwe had dismantled the Lunda kingdom altogether, using guns they had received in trade from the Ovimbundu . Chokwe language and influence then began to dominate northeastern Angola and spread among the Lunda peoples. The Portuguese had virtually no contact with the Chokwe until the 1930s when the Chokwe traded beeswax wax , rubber and ivory . The Portuguese then quickly brought an end to the dominance of the Chokwe people in the region. Bibliography Areia, M. L. Rodrigues de. Cho ... more details
Ant nio I Nvita a Nkanga was a list of Manikongo of Kongo mwenekongo of the Kingdom of Kongo who ruled from 1661 to his defeat and death at the Battle of Mbwila on October 29, 1665. He was elected following the death of King Garcia II of Kongo Garcia II . Like the former king, Ant nio I pursued a foreign policy focused at removing the Portuguese people Portuguese from his region. Policy against the Portuguese Since 1620, Kongo and Portugal had been in a near constant state of war with the only intervals coming after decisive BaKongo victories. After almost 30 years of decline in the face of BaKongo, Mbundu and Dutch Republic Dutch military victories, the Portuguese had retaken their colonial possession in Luanda while establishing a tenuous peace with their old enemies. Feeling threatened by Portugal s return on Kongo s southern border, Ant nio I sought to renew Kongo s war against the Portuguese with a new alliance similar to the one at the Battle of Kitombo . Unable to rely on the Dutch for assistance, he sent emissaries to Kingdom of Spain Spain but failed to procure an alliance. He also contacted Kongo s Mbundu allies in Matamba and the semi independent kingdoms of Dembos and Mbwila . Death at the Battle of Mbwila The Portuguese got wind of these plans and were also pressing claims to sovereignty over the small kingdom of Mbwila. When a succession dispute between Mbwila king supported by Kongo and his aunt supported by Portugal erupted, the rivals both came with armies to settle the dispute. At the Battle of Mbwila the BaKongo suffered their worse military defeat, resulting in the death of hundreds including King Ant nio whom had led a contingent of 400 swordsmen into the battle. King Ant nio I was decapitated during or shortly after the battle his head buried with royal honours by the Portuguese while his crown and sceptre were taken to Portugal as trophies. Aftermath King Ant nio died with no heir apparent. Many of the men whom could have taken his place died ... more details
The Jaga or Jagas were terms applied by the Portuguese people Portuguese to invading bands of African warriors east and south of the kingdom of Kongo . The use of the phrase took on different connotations depending on where it was applied. There were two groups of people, both known for fierce warriors, that were dubbed as jagas or the jaga . Unbeknownst to the Portuguese who encountered these warriors, the two groups were practically unrelated. The Jaga Question In the 17th century there were a number of theories proposed by missionaries and geographers that connected these two groups to other maurading groups operating as far afield as Somalia , Angola and Sierra Leone and ultimately to some great Jaga homeland somewhere in central Africa. While more recent scholarship dismissed these earlier claims, in the 1960s a number proposed that oral traditions of the Lunda Empire , when compared with those of some Angolan groups suggested that the Jaga invasion of Kongo and the Jagas of Angola were in fact groups of conquerors fleeing from Lunda in the 16th century. In 1972, Joseph C. Miller successfully argued by presenting an overview of all the evidence, that the group that invaded Kongo was completely distinct from the group invading Angola, and that the second group should properly be called Imbangala . This distinction is now very widely accepted by all scholars operating in this field. Yaka Jagas The Portuguese first learned about a people they called jagas during Kongo s 1556 war with the Mbundu kingdom of Ndongo . ref name Oliver page 172 Oliver, Roland and Anthony Atmore Medieval Africa, 1250 1800 , page 172. Cambridge University Press, 2001 ref Among Ndongo s regular forces were mercenary warriors of the Yaka ethnic group. The Yaka had a reputation for ferocity and were said to come from the far interior. They inhabited the middle reaches of the Kwango valley, making them the eastern neighbors to the Mbundu and BaKongo. ref name Oliver page 172 These particular ... more details
Empire conquered the Mbundu people of Angola, incorporating the local economy into the Atlantic ... Onwuka N. year 1997 title Mbundu pages 38 39 ref In 1610, Friar Lu s Brand o, the head of Portuguese ... became the main rivals of the Mbundu in supplying slaves to the Luanda market. In the 1750s the Portuguese sold 5,000 to 10,000 slaves annually, devastating the Mbundu economy and population ... also Atlantic slave trade History of Angola Imbangala Mbundu Slavery in Mauritania Slavery in Sudan ... more details
Angola state The following is an incomplete List of Ngolas of Ndongo , a pre colonial West Central African state in what is now Angola . The full title of those whom ruled over the Mbundu kingdom of Ndongo was Ngola a Kilanje . The kingdom was south of Kingdom of Kongo Kongo . The last ruling dynasty moved east to the nearby kingdom of Matamba and continued independently until 1741 . Rulers of Ndongo as a BaKongo Tributary King Ngola a Nzinga ruled c.1358 King Ngola Kiluanje Inene c. 1515 1556 Rulers of Ndongo as an Independent State King Ndambi a Ngola 1556 c.1562 King Ngola Kiluanje kia Ndambi c. 1562 c. 1575 King Njinga Ngola Kilombo kia Kasenda c. 1575 1592 King Mbandi Ngola Kiluanje 1592 1617 King Ngola Nzinga Mbandi 1617 1624 Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande ruled 1624 1626 Rulers of Ndongo under Portuguese Vassalage King Hari a Kiluanje ruled 1626 King Felipe I of Ndongo Ngola Hari ruled 1626 1657 Rulers of Ndongo Matamba Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande ruled 1657 1663 Rulers of rump state of Pungo a Ndongo Queen Mukambu Mbandi ruled 1663 1671 after the death of her sister, Queen Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande External links http www.worldstatesmen.org Angola native.html Angola Traditional States Category Matamban and Ndongo monarchs Ngolas Category Lists of monarchs Ndongo Category Angola related lists Ndongo ... more details
or in the case of the Methodists among the Mbundu to be fortuitously consistent with them gave ... proportion of Roman Catholics among the Mbundu in Luanda and Cuanza Norte provinces ... a smaller percentage. The sole Protestant group active among the Mbundu was the Methodist Mission ... indicated that only 8 percent of the Mbundu considered themselves Protestants, but Protestant missions ... more details
The Black Rocks at Pungo Andongo Pedras Negras de Pungo Andongo are found some 116 km from the provincial capital of Malanje in Angola . They are a series of mysterious Rock formation rock formations , many incredibly and spectacular shaped in the form of animals, standing high above the flat African Savanna . ref cite book title Culture and Customs of Angola last Oyebade first Adebayo year 2006 publisher Greenwood Publishing Group isbn 9780313015298 pages 102 url http books.google.co.uk books?id 3i10eQQLU8QC&pg PA102&dq 22Pungo Andongo 22 2Brocks 2Banimals&num 100&as brr 3&client firefox a&sig ACfU3U1rHDBVvmQe3YmHZEZXyoUhYSsRAg accessdate 2008 10 03 ref There is a Fortification fort ref cite book title Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa last Livingstone first David year 1858 publisher Harper & Bros. pages 456 url http books.google.co.uk books?id hgUMAAAAYAAJ&pg PA456&dq 22Pungo Andongo 22 2Bfort&num 100&as brr 3&client firefox a accessdate 2008 10 03 ref erected by the Portuguese people Portuguese in 1671. The region is noted for its 350 foot 107 metre high Calandula waterfalls on the Lucala River the Luando Game Reserve in the south the Milando animal reserve in the north and the Pungo Andongo stones, giant black Monolith monoliths associated with Tribe tribal legend . Most of the region s inhabitants are members of the Mbundu people s. The chief economic activities are stock raising. We can find Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande footprint on the rock, ref cite news title Prime Minister Ends Visit to Pungo Andongo url http allafrica.com stories 200807100960.html work Angola Press Agency date 10 July 2008 accessdate 2008 10 03 ref the history proves that the Angola Angolan queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba is a local. The Ginga still live as an independent people to the north of this their ancient country. The water is remarkably pure, the soil is light. Access to these areas remains difficult, because the going is torturously slow on the decreipt roa ... more details
. The Mbundu in the south and the BaKongo in the north were always at odds, but Kongo managed to exact ..., O Reino do Congo, os Mbundu ou Ambundos o Reino dos Ngola ou de Angola e a presen a Portuguesa de ... more details
Infobox person name Nzinga Blake image caption birthname birth date 1981 birth place Sierra Leone , Africa occupation Actress yearsactive homepage Nzinga Blake born 1981 is an United States American Sierra Leone an actress and writer currently a host on Current TV . Blake starred on the TV series Fridays on Cartoon Network , as well as in national television commercials for Sprite soft drink Sprite and Kinkos . Her father, Cecil Blake , is the former Minister of Information in Sierra Leone . ref name sierravisions1 cite web url http www.sierravisions.org NewsSpecial.php title SIERRA LEONEAN GIRL BREAKS NEW GROUND FOR AFRICA IN U.S. accessdate March 20, 2011 work sierravisions.org ref Life and career Nzinga has done a couple of television series including a recurring role on Showtime SHOWTIME series Barbershop The Series Barbershop , which only lasted one season. She played the role of Vivian. She also had a recurring role on What About Brian , where she played Brian s receptionist Rona. While at Current she also did a lot of voice over s for the animation SuperNews , where she did various characters, but mostly known for doing the voice for Condoleezza Rice . Recently she was listed in the credits under Special Thanks for the E True Hollywood Story on Tropic Thunder . In 2009 she began hosting for BET and is the LA Entertainment correspondent for a talk show on Australia s Network 10 entitled the 7pm Project. Blake was named after Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba , a 17th century Queen regnant Queen and folk hero ine of the Mbundu people of southwestern Africa . She is a 1999 graduate of Munster High School in Indiana , and a 2003 graduate of University of California, Los Angeles UCLA as a Film & Television Major. On an episode of Google Current she suggested jokingly maybe people could update my page and say that I ll be starring opposite Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp in their next big movie . ref http video.google.com videoplay?docid 4329608787945313124 0h2m39s ref As men ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Katole date 4 September 1681 place Katole , Angola result Portuguese Tactical victory Matamba Strategic victory combatant1 Kingdom of Matamba combatant2 flag Portugal 1640 commander1 King Francisco Guterres Ngola kannini Killed in action commander2 Captain Luis Lopes de Sequeira Killed in action strength1 Unknown infantry strength2 530 Portuguese infantry, 37 cavalry and 10,000 empacaceiros. ref name Battell, page 177 Battell, page 177 ref casualties1 Unknown but substantial casualties2 Unknown but substantial The Battle of Katole was a military engagement between forces of Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Matamba . The battle took place on at Katole in what is today Angola . It was one of the largest military engagements anywhere in the world during the 17th century. Prelude to Battle The kingdom of Matamba, also known as the kingdom of Matamba and Ndongo, lay in what is today eastern Angola. It was created by the warrior queen Nzinga via her 1631 conquest of the kingdom from its BaKongo vassal. Throughout the mid 17th century, Queen Nzinga fought a guerilla war against the Portuguese colony of Angola to regain her throne and protect her people, the Mbundu, from the slave trade. By 1657, the queen had regained her traditional capital and ended the wars with Angola in her favor. After her death in 1663, the kingdom she fought so hard to establish devolved into civil war. The war did not end until 1680 when Francisco Guterres Ngola kannini, Njinga s nephew, defeated one of his aunt s former commanders and became king. Cassus Belli In 1681, King Francisco invaded the neighboring Imbangala kingdom of Kassanje to place his own candidate on the throne. While on campaign, he robbed the pombeiros, Afro Portuguese slaving agents, and beheaded the kingdom s ruler. This angered the Portuguese, who had never been comfortable with an independent Matamba in the first place. The Portuguese immediately sent the victor of Battle of M ... more details
, such as Tshiluba and Kiluba both Luba , Umbundu and Kimbundu both Mbundu . The bare prefixless ... language Swahili Kiswahili 350,000 tens of millions as L2 Angola South Mbundu language South Mbundu Umbundu 4 million North Mbundu language North Mbundu Kimbundu 3 million Ovambo language Ovambo ... more details
Notable people from the Central Africa Central Southern Africa n nation of Angola include Clergy Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga born 1931 , Roman Catholic bishop of Benguela, Angola since 1975 Manuel Franklin da Costa 1921 2003 , Roman Catholic Archbishop Dami o Ant nio Franklin born 1950 , Roman Catholic Archbishop Alexandre do Nascimento born 1925 , Roman Catholic Archbishop from 1977 to 2001 Military Jo o de Matos , military general Nzingha , 17th century queen of the Ndongo and Matamba Kingdoms of the Mbundu people in southwestern Africa also known as Ana de Sousa Nzinga Mbande Musicians Waldemar Bastos born 1954 , pop musician Bonga musician Bonga born 1943 , singer songwriter of Angolan folk music including Semba Paulo Flores born 1972 , Semba musician Teta Lando Neide Van D nem born 1986 , singer songwriter of popular music Kizomba e Semba Politicians Nito Alves , member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola M rio Pinto de Andrade 1928 1990 , founding member and former president of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola Am rico Boavida 1923 1968 , physician and member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola Maria Mambo Caf born 1945 , politician Boaventura Cardoso born 1944 , Former Minister of Culture Abel Apalanga Chivukuvuku , politician, member of UNITA, and member of the Pan African Parliament Viriato da Cruz 1928 1973 , secretary of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola Ant nio Dembo 1944 2002 , politician, rebel and vice president of UNITA from 1992 to 2002 Jos Eduardo dos Santos born 1942 , current President of Angola Efig nia dos Santos Lima Clemente , member of the Pan African Parliament Aguinaldo Jaime , current deputy Prime Minister of Angola Almerindo Jaka Jamba born 1949 , politician, rebel and former leader of UNITA L cio Lara , founding member of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola Ana Dias Louren o , Minister of Planning from 1999 Paulo Lukamba born 1954 , politician, rebel ... more details
The Kasanze Kingdom , also known as Kasanye , c. 1500 1648 was a pre colonial Central West African state in what is today Angola . Origin Kasanze was founded by the BaLunda people of Central Africa living on the border of the Kingdom of Kongo . Initially a client state of Kongo, it and first enters written record during the reign of Diogo I of Kongo in 1548. ref Miller, Joseph C A Note on Kasanze and the Portuguese , page 48. Canadian Journal of African Studies , Vol. 6, No. 1, 1972 ref During this time it was ruled by a ManiKasanze . ref Miller, Joseph C A Note on Kasanze and the Portuguese , page 48. Canadian Journal of African Studies , Vol. 6, No. 1, 1972 ref Conflict with Portugal In 1576, Dias de Noveas launched an attack into Kasanze in hopes of opening up trade routes into the interior ref Miller, Joseph C A Note on Kasanze and the Portuguese , page 49. Canadian Journal of African Studies , Vol. 6, No. 1, 1972 ref The invasion met with initial success under the leadership of Lieutenant Jo o Castanho Veles. After the engagement, the men became careless during their return march to Luanda. Kasanze launched a surprise attack on the Portuguese force that caused the invaders severe losses. ref Miller, Joseph C A Note on Kasanze and the Portuguese , page 49. Canadian Journal of African Studies , Vol. 6, No. 1, 1972 ref Despite later efforts to mend fences and open trade Kasanze remained hostile to Portuguese overtures and a wall toward further penetration east. Independence Kasanze became completely autonomous of Kongo by 1600. It continued to be a buffer between commerce of the interior and the ambitions of the Portuguese in Luanda. All the while it tapped trade in raphia cloth and ivory from the interior, which were hot commodities among the Mbundu to their south. War of 1622 After years of failed attempts to remove th ManiKasanje from his fortification on the Bengo River, another Portuguese assault was launched under the command of Correia de Sousa. ref Miller, ... more details
to adapt to local structures or in the case of the Methodists among the Mbundu to be fortuitously ... among the Mbundu in Luanda and Cuanza Norte provinces. Less heavily Catholic were the Ovimbundu populated ... active among the Mbundu was the Methodist Mission, largely sponsored by the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States. Portuguese data for 1960 indicated that only 8 percent of the Mbundu considered ... more details
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