Book contents
- A History of West Central Africa to 1850
- New Approaches to African History
- A History of West Central Africa to 1850
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Maps
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The Development of States in West Central Africa to 1540
- 2 The Struggle for Ambundu and the Founding of Angola
- 3 Ndongo and Portugal at War
- 4 Queen Njinga’s Struggle for Ndongo
- 5 The Thirty Years War Comes to Central Africa
- 6 The Emergence of Lunda
- 7 The Weight of Lunda on the West
- 8 Culmination: Lunda, Luba, and the Ovimbundu
- Epilogue
- Index
1 - The Development of States in West Central Africa to 1540
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2020
Book contents
- A History of West Central Africa to 1850
- New Approaches to African History
- A History of West Central Africa to 1850
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Maps
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The Development of States in West Central Africa to 1540
- 2 The Struggle for Ambundu and the Founding of Angola
- 3 Ndongo and Portugal at War
- 4 Queen Njinga’s Struggle for Ndongo
- 5 The Thirty Years War Comes to Central Africa
- 6 The Emergence of Lunda
- 7 The Weight of Lunda on the West
- 8 Culmination: Lunda, Luba, and the Ovimbundu
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
Traces the rise of stratified societies in West Central Africa and focuses on the history of Kongo through the reign of Afonso I
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- A History of West Central Africa to 1850 , pp. 16 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020