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Realm · approximate borders · 1556–1625

Kingdom of Ndongo

Mbundu kingdom in the highlands between the Lukala and the Kwanza; its ruler's title, ngola, gave Angola its name. Listed among Kongo's dependencies in 1535, it is usually taken to be independent after its war with Kongo c.

1556. Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Ndongo'. Ndongo after the Portuguese of Luanda (1576) took the lower Kwanza and Massangano (1583). Nzinga withdrew east to Matamba after 1626. Source: Wikipedia 'Kingdom of Ndongo'.

See Kingdom of Ndongo on the map in 1556

On the map
1556–1625
Capital
Kabasa

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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