Portuguese, Chikunda, and Peoples of the Gwembe Valley
The Impact of the ‘Lower Zambezi Complex’ on Southern Zambia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8979246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T I Matthews (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-41 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700018995 |
| OpenAlex | W2158266933 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 25 |
The role of the ‘Lower Zambezi complex’ which developed out of Portuguese and African interaction is examined in the light of recent research in the Gwembe valley, an area of the Middle Zambezi on the far periphery of Portuguese penetration from the east coast. The origins of Lower Zambezi contacts with the peoples of southern Zambia are traced to the late seventeenth century and their development and expansion are examined, on the basis of oral tradition and written sources, through the reopening of Zumbo in 1862, the defeat of the Ndebele at the Kafue confluence around 1870 and the consequent establishment of permanent trading posts in the Gwembe, down to the late 1880s when the increasingly disruptive activities of the Chikunda and their muzungu leaders led to general and successful resistance against them in the form of an armed rising. The effects of the ‘Lower Zambezi complex’ are related to the development of political authority and the introduction of technical and cultural innovations in the Gwembe. Chikunda and muzungu activities are shown to have differed in their effects between the Gwembe and their much better-known and more destructive penetration of the Luangwa valley in the 1880s, partly because of the decentralized nature of Gwembe society
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2014 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |