The Imbangala or Mbangala were divided groups of warriors and marauders who worked as hired mercenaries in 17th-century Angola and later founded the Kasanje...
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Kingdom of Ndongo (section The Imbangala period)
the use of Imbangala troops, committed himself to the alliance and began aggressive campaigns against Ndongo. Thanks to the help of Imbangala bands commanded...
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severely depleted and they went into exile. In search of allies, she married Imbangala warlord Kasanje. Using this new alliance to rebuild her forces, she conquered...
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state conquered. Numerous states claimed descent from the Lunda. The Imbangala of inland Angola claimed descent from a founder, Kinguri, brother of Queen...
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Jaga (Kongo) (section Imbangala Jagas)
that invaded Angola, so that the second group should properly be called "Imbangala". This distinction is now widely accepted among scholars operating in...
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Portuguese governor Mendes de Vasconcellos made an alliance with the Imbangala, a people described by European and Kongo sources as rootless, cannibal...
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launched a large-scale attack on Ndongo, using newly acquired Imbangala allies. The allied Imbangala, mercenary soldiers from south of the Kwanza River, turned...
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several trade posts on the coast. A number of those peoples, like the Imbangala and the Mbundu, were active slave traders for centuries (see Slavery in...
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Kwanza River encountered Imbangala bands that were then ravaging the Kingdom of Benguela, overlord in the region. These Imbangala were prepared to sell captives...
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had economies depended solely on the trade. African peoples such as the Imbangala of Angola and the Nyamwezi of Tanzania would serve as middlemen or roving...
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Kingdom of Ndongo (List of Ngolas) Kingdom of Kongo (List of Manikongo) Imbangala Kasanje Kingdom Kingdom of Lunda (List of rulers of the Lunda Empire)...
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kilombo (a fortified town surrounded by a wooden palisade) appeared among Imbangala warriors, which would soon be used in Brazil by freed Angolan slaves....
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a Central African state. It was formed in 1620 by a mercenary band of Imbangala, which had deserted the Portuguese ranks. The state gets its name from...
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Loanda", and the region developed a slave trade with the help of local Imbangala and Mbundu peoples, who were notable slave hunters. Trade was mostly with...
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with the Imbangala against other native tribes, an alliance that lasted for decades. During Cardoso's tenure, from 1611 to 1619 the Imbangala expanded...
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make sacrifices and deals in order to solidify her power, marrying an Imbangala warlord Kasanje. 4 4 "Legacy" Ethosheia Hylton Nnenne Iwuji February 15...
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Mussasa was a 17th-century Imbangala Jagas queen. Mussasa was the wife of Donji, one of Zimbo's captains and the governor of Matamba. Mussasa was known...
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the history of that region, particularly for his early account of the Imbangala and his detailed description of Loango. On 20 April 1589 he sailed with...
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captured by Portuguese slave traders and their African allies such as the Imbangala, in invasions of the Kingdom of Ndongo (part of modern Angola) under Governor...
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some on the last stretch of the Kwanza River. In the 17th century, the Imbangala became the main rivals of the Mbundu in supplying slaves to the Luanda...
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Tembandumba, also spelled Tembo a Ndumbo, was a ruler of the Imbangala Jagas of what is now Angola. Tembandumba's mother was Mussasa, whom she rebelled...
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southern neighbor of Kongo, a 20,000 strong Portuguese army with its Imbangala allies entered Mbamba and was met by the Duke at Mbumbi. Although the...
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Today the Lunda people comprise hundreds of subgroups such as the Akosa, Imbangala and Ndembu, and number approximately 800,000 in Angola, 1.1 million in...
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later begot the Ndongo, the Mbondo, the Pende, the Hungu, the Lenge, the Imbangala, the Songo and the Libolo people. The Pende people tell an oral tradition...
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who arrived as governor in 1617, used mercenary African groups called Imbangala to make a devastating war on Ndongo, and then to raid and pillage some...
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Oyo, Benin, Igala, Kaabu, Ashanti, Dahomey, the Aro Confederacy and the Imbangala war bands.[page needed] In letters written by the Manikongo, Nzinga Mbemba...
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Kingdom of Ndongo (List of Ngolas) Kingdom of Kongo (List of Manikongo) Imbangala Kasanje Kingdom Kingdom of Lunda (List of rulers of the Lunda Empire)...
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Brazil, including some of African and Native American origin, as well as Imbangala and other African forces numbering about 15,000. The Kongo army included...
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The most distant feira from the coast was at Kasanje (founded by the Imbangala c. 1620), and the pombeiros rarely ventured further than that. Through...
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proved unable to decisively defeat the Portuguese and their cannibalistic Imbangala allies. In 1648, the Portuguese governor of the captaincy of Rio de Janeiro...
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