Mbunda Kingdom
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The Mbunda Kingdom O Reino Mbunda (Portuguese) | |
|---|---|
| 1700–1914 | |
| Status | Sovereign Kingdom (1700–1914) |
| Common languages | Mbunda language Portuguese |
| Ethnic groups | Mbunda people |
| Religion | Christianity with some traditional practices |
| Government | Monarchy |
| History | |
• Established | 1700 |
| 1914 | |
| Currency | Traded 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 Mithimoyi 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]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Former monarchies of Africa
- Former kingdoms
- Countries in precolonial Africa
- 18th century in Angola
- 19th century in Angola
- 1900s in Angola
- 1910s in Angola
- Cuando Cubango Province
- Moxico Province
- Portuguese Angola
- States and territories established in 1700
- States and territories disestablished in 1914
- 1700 establishments in Africa
- 1914 disestablishments in Africa