Mbunda Kingdom

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The Mbunda Kingdom
O Reino Mbunda  (Portuguese)
1700–1914
StatusSovereign Kingdom (1700–1914)
Common languagesMbunda language
Portuguese
Ethnic groups
Mbunda people
Religion
Christianity with some traditional practices
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Established
1700
• Kolongongo War
1914
CurrencyTraded in bee wax, ivory and rubber, in exchange with guns and cloth material

The Mbunda Kingdom (Mbunda: Chuundi ca Mbunda or Vumwene vwa Mbunda or Portuguese: Reino dos Bundas) was an African kingdom located in west central Africa, what is now south-east Angola. At its greatest extent, it reached from in the central Moxico to the Cuando Cubango Province in the south-east, bordering with Namibia. The kingdom was ruled by Mwene wa Ngoma (King).

The kingdom was ultimately conquered in a war with Portugal in 1914, called the Kolongongo War.[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ Association, Cheke Cultural Writers (1994). "Chapter 14: The Kolongongo War Against the Portuguese". The history and cultural life of the Mbunda speaking peoples. The Association. ISBN 9789982030069.


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