Mbunda Kingdom

The Mbunda Kingdom (Mbunda: Chiundi ca Mbunda or Vumwene vwa Chiundi 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.[6] The kingdom was ruled by Mwene wa Chiundi (King).

The Mbunda Kingdom
O Reino Mbunda (Portuguese)
1500[1]–1917[2]
StatusSovereign Kingdom (1500–1917)
Common languagesMbunda language
Portuguese
Ethnic groups
Mbunda people
Religion
Christianity with some traditional practices
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Established
1500[3]
1917[5]
CurrencyTraded in bee wax, ivory and rubber, in exchange with guns and cloth material

The kingdom was ultimately conquered in a war with Portugal in 1917, called the Kolongongo War.[7][8][9]

See also

References
  1. Almanac of African Peoples & Nations page 523, Social Science By Muḥammad Zuhdī Yakan, Transaction Publishers, Putgers - The State University, New Jersey, ISBN 1-5600-433-9
  2. René Pélissier, La révolte des Bunda (1916-1917), pp. 408 - 412
  3. Almanac of African Peoples & Nations page 523, Social Science By Muḥammad Zuhdī Yakan, Transaction Publishers, Putgers - The State University, New Jersey, ISBN 1-5600-433-9
  4. René Pélissier, La révolte des Bunda (1916-1917), pp. 408 - 412
  5. René Pélissier, La révolte des Bunda (1916-1917), pp. 408 - 412
  6. Luís Figueira, Princesa Negra: O preço da civilização em África, Coimbra: Edição do autor, 1932, pp. 35
  7. Luís Figueira, Princesa Negra: O preço da civilização em África, Coimbra: Edição do autor, 1932, pp. 77
  8. Commission and Conquest in Africa: An Autobiographical Account of Pioneer Mission Work in Africa. By: Rev. Albert W. Bailey (1872 - 1955, Published By: Metha D. Bailey (Mrs. A.W.), NEWARK, N.J. 1968, pp. 76
  9. 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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