Historical Notes on the Kisama of Angola
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8980260 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beatrix Heintze (Frobenius-Institut, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 407-418 |
| Publication date | 1972-07-01 |
| 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/s0021853700011725 |
| OpenAlex | W2099324537 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
Although the territory of the Kisama was involved in military conflicts with the Portuguese from the very beginning, because of its geographical situation it was not subjugated permanently until the twentieth century. A few chiefdoms, which are traceable through the centuries in the sources, played an important role (Ndemba, Kimone kia Songa, Kafushe Kambare, etc.). A number of different factors were favourable to the resistance of the Kisama. The Portuguese were never really interested in this province, apart from the safeguarding of shipping on the Kwanza. No mineral wealth tempted them there. Even the conquest of the salt mine of Ndemba was undertaken mainly to clear and secure the way to the hoped for silver mines of Cambambe. On the one hand, the great lack of water during the dry season made the provisioning of an army there difficult. On the other hand, at least in the Kwanza region, the dreaded tropical diseases were endemic. For the slave trade, the interior, especially Kasanje, was more profitable. Later, when the neighbouring Libolo increased in importance because of the new trade centres in the Ovimbundu territory (Bihe, Bailundu, etc.), Kisama remained off the beaten track. It is only now that the seclusion of this province, which has one of the game parks of Angola within its borders, will in all probability come to an end because of the discovery of a series of oil fields
Ancient history · Chiefdom · CONQUEST · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Politics · Portuguese · Resistance (ecology · Safeguarding · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Ethnography · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2019 (43) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |