The Portuguese–Ovimbundu War, also known as the War of 1774–1778, was an armed conflict between the kingdoms of the Ovimbundu people, mainly in the figure...

The Ovimbundu, also known as the Southern Mbundu, are a Bantu ethnic group who live on the Bié Plateau of central Angola and in the coastal strip west...

effective occupation by the Portuguese had caused a fairly rapid decline in the power of the heads of these kingdoms, but Ovimbundu continued to think of themselves...

Angolan War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência de Angola; 1961–1974), known as the Armed Struggle of National Liberation (Portuguese: Luta...

The following is a list of wars involving Portugal. Military history of Portugal Unofficial Portuguese soldiers just helped the Zamorin. See also: Auxiliary...

Together they built the city and later the Portuguese would name the Bié Province after the ruler. The Ovimbundu were known for selling captives from neighbouring...

a NATO member but agreed during the civil war.[citation needed] UNITA's main social basis were the Ovimbundu of central Angola, who constituted about one-third...

century, the number of ethnic Bakongo and Ovimbundu have also increased. Ethnic Europeans are mainly Portuguese. Luanda was the main host city for the matches...

revolt was an insurrection launched by the Ovimbundu kingdom of Bailundo and its allies against the Portuguese Empire. The revolt was prompted by the sudden...

well-known songs from Angola are Humbi Hummbi, an old folkloric song of the Ovimbundu people, along with Muxima, another folkloric song written by Ngola Ritmos...

important commercial link between the Portuguese traders at the port of Benguela on the Atlantic Ocean and the Ovimbundu in the interior. The capital and other...

century. Portuguese explorers established relations with Kongo in 1483. To the south were the kingdoms of Ndongo and Matamba, with the Ovimbundu kingdoms...

Bailundo, also known as Bailundu, Mbailundu or Mbalundu, is an Angolan Ovimbundu kingdom based in the modern-day province of Huambo, in the central highlands...

(Mbundu: Ambundu or Akwambundu, singular: Mumbundu (distinct from the Ovimbundu) are a Bantu people who live on a high plateau in present-day Angola just...

primarily a Bantu area. Populations of Chokwe, Lovale, Mbunda, Lucazi, and Ovimbundu make up the majority of the province. Isolated communities of other ethnic...

Egipto Praia (Egito), Lobito-Canata The predominant ethnic groups are the Ovimbundu and Ngangela. The majority language is Umbundu. Up to 1991, the official...

This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are...

Viye (also known as Bié, Bieno, or Bihe) was one of the traditional Ovimbundu kingdoms, located in the central plateau of Angola. Its capital city was...

Ethnically, there are three main groups, each speaking a Bantu language: the Ovimbundu who represent 37% of the population, the Ambundu with 25%, and the Bakongo...

ivory and others good for the caravan trade organised by the Ovimbundu for the Portuguese in Benguela. After the collapse of the caravan trade, the "Ganguela"...

Childs-Gowell (died 2006) was a therapist, anthropologist and author. The Ovimbundu of Angola Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1934. Umbundu Kinship...

missionaries. Both his parents were members of the Bieno group of the Ovimbundu, the people who later served as Savimbi's major political base. In his...

IDPs in the thousands during the war severely affected the province. During the war, a considerable number of Ovimbundu fled to the highlands of the province...

attempt by the Ovimbundu peoples to resist Portuguese colonization, pitted rival traders against one another. However, while the Portuguese maintained ethnic...

the leadership of Daniel Chipenda. The RDL drew its support from the Ovimbundu ethnic group. In May 1966, Chipenda, then a member of the Popular Movement...

one of the traditional independent Ovimbundu kingdoms in Angola. In 1774–6, Cingolo fought a war against the Portuguese alongside Bailundu. Citata Civula...

center until being eclipsed by Ovimbundu trade routes in the 1850s. Kasanje was finally incorporated into Portuguese Angola in 1910–1911. The kings of...

Cubango. UNITA's leadership was drawn heavily from Angola's majority Ovimbundu ethnic group and its policies were originally Maoist, they quickly abandoned...

and social spheres of the colonies of Portuguese Angola, Portuguese Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea. Portugal, along with France, was one of the only...

receives its name from Wambu, one of the 14 old Ovimbundu kingdoms of the central Angolan plateau. The Ovimbundu, an ethnic group that originally arrived from...