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1	The river conguest : colonial encounter in the N' dongo Kingdom of Central West Africa E'Silva, Jorge Hayes 07 1900 (has links) Portuguese global expansion was initiated by the capture of Cueta in 1415. Voyages of discovery along the West African coast ensued, resulting in the conquest and colonisation of the N’Dongo Kingdom. This dissertation comprises an archaeological survey of the Lusitanian Empire in the Republic of Angola. The Portuguese first established a settlement at Luanda in 1576, after which they set forth into the interior, following the Kwanza River upstream. The strategy for conquest was to take possession of the river with the objective to control the indigenous population, subjugate the N’gola, and, ultimately, to reach the silver mines at Cambambe. Various settlements developed along the margins of the river with associated forts and churches. Fortifications dominated the landscape while the churches expressed religious idealism. Social contact between the Mbundu people and the Portuguese at the colonial frontier is discussed. Post-colonial theory is used as the research methodology. / Anthropology and Archaeology / M. A. (Archaeology) Eurocentricism Post colonial theory N'gola Mbundu Conquest Colonialism Lusitanian empire Portuguese expansion Kwanza river Social contact 967.301 Novais, Paulo Dias de, d. 1589. Angola -- Civilisation Angola -- History -- 1482-1648 Luanda (Luanda, Angola) Portugal -- History -- 16th century. Mbundu (African people)
2	River of Conquest : colonial encounters in the N' dongo Kingdom of Central West Africa E'Silva, Jorge Hayes 07 1900 (has links) Portuguese global expansion was initiated by the capture of Cueta in 1415. Voyages of discovery along the West African coast ensued, resulting in the conquest and colonisation of the N’Dongo Kingdom. This dissertation comprises an archaeological survey of the Lusitanian Empire in the Republic of Angola. The Portuguese first established a settlement at Luanda in 1576, after which they set forth into the interior, following the Kwanza River upstream. The strategy for conquest was to take possession of the river with the objective to control the indigenous population, subjugate the N’gola, and, ultimately, to reach the silver mines at Cambambe. Various settlements developed along the margins of the river with associated forts and churches. Fortifications dominated the landscape while the churches expressed religious idealism. Social contact between the Mbundu people and the Portuguese at the colonial frontier is discussed. Post-colonial theory is used as the research methodology. / Anthropology and Archaeology / M. A. (Archaeology) Eurocentricism Post colonial theory N'gola Mbundu Conquest Colonialism Lusitanian empire Portuguese expansion Kwanza river Social contact 967.301 Novais, Paulo Dias de, d. 1589. Angola -- Civilisation Angola -- History -- 1482-1648 Luanda (Luanda, Angola) Portugal -- History -- 16th century. Mbundu (African people)

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River of Conquest : colonial encounters in the N' dongo Kingdom of Central West Africa