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Historical states of present-day Angola
Kingdom of Matamba
(Rulers of Matamba)
Kingdom of Ndongo
(List of Ngolas)
Kingdom of Kongo
(List of Manikongo)
Imbangala
Kasanje Kingdom
Lunda Empire
(List of rulers of the Lunda Empire)
Baixa de Kassanje
(Kambamba Kulaxingo)
Mbwila
Ngoyo
Mbunda Kingdom
(List of The Rulers of the Mbunda Kingdom)
Portuguese West Africa
Republic of Angola
President of Angola
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The Imbangala or Mbangala were divided groups of warriors and marauders who worked as hired mercenaries in 17th-century Angola[1] and later founded the Kasanje Kingdom.
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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...
the use of Imbangala troops, committed himself to the alliance and began aggressive campaigns against Ndongo. Thanks to the help of Imbangala bands commanded...
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...
state conquered. Numerous states claimed descent from the Lunda. The Imbangala of inland Angola claimed descent from a founder, Kinguri, brother of Queen...
launched a large-scale attack on Ndongo, using newly acquired Imbangala allies. The allied Imbangala, mercenary soldiers from south of the Kwanza River, turned...
Kwanza River encountered Imbangala bands that were then ravaging the Kingdom of Benguela, overlord in the region. These Imbangala were prepared to sell captives...
Portuguese governor Mendes de Vasconcellos made an alliance with the Imbangala, a people described by European and Kongo sources as rootless, cannibal...
with the Imbangala against other native tribes, an alliance that lasted for decades. During Cardoso's tenure, from 1611 to 1619 the Imbangala expanded...
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...
Kingdom of Ndongo (List of Ngolas) Kingdom of Kongo (List of Manikongo) Imbangala Kasanje Kingdom Lunda Empire (List of rulers of the Lunda Empire) Baixa...
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...
kilombo (a fortified town surrounded by a wooden palisade) appeared among Imbangala warriors, which would soon be used in Brazil by freed Angolan slaves....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kingdom of Ndongo (List of Ngolas) Kingdom of Kongo (List of Manikongo) Imbangala Kasanje Kingdom Lunda Empire (List of rulers of the Lunda Empire) Baixa...
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...
Oyo, Benin, Igala, Kaabu, Ashanti, Dahomey, the Aro Confederacy and the Imbangala war bands. In letters written by the Manikongo, Nzinga Mbemba Afonso,...
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...
Kingdom of Ndongo (List of Ngolas) Kingdom of Kongo (List of Manikongo) Imbangala Kasanje Kingdom Lunda Empire (List of rulers of the Lunda Empire) Baixa...
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...
present-day Nigeria were involved in slave-trading. Groups such as the Imbangala of Angola and the Nyamwezi of Tanzania would serve as intermediaries or...
the Portuguese who had been expelled from Kingdom in the 1620s by the Imbangala. The Portuguese went to war with the Kingdom of the Kongo in 1660. António...
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...
a fortified war camp surrounded by a wooden palisade, appeared among Imbangala warriors, which would soon be used in Brazil by freed Angolans. Angolan...
Today the Lunda people comprise hundreds of subgroups such as the Akosa, Imbangala and Ndembu, and number approximately 800,000 in Angola, 1.1milion in the...
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