Ambundu people

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The Ambundu people are a major Bantu ethnic group of Angola, historically centered in the northwestern region and known for their influential kingdoms, especially the Kingdom of Ndongo.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mbundu people 2
Ambundu people canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
associatedRiver Cuanza River NERFINISHED
capitalRegion Bengo Province
Cuanza Norte Province
Cuanza Sul Province
Luanda Province
Malanje Province
clanSystem lineage-based organization
colonialConflict Portuguese–Ndongo wars
colonialPowerEncountered Portugal
continent Africa
country Angola
culturalPractice initiation rites
matrilineal elements in kinship
oral tradition
ethnicGroupInCountry Angola
ethnonymVariant Mbundu
historicalKingdom Kingdom of Matamba
Kingdom of Ndongo
historicalPeriodOfProminence 16th century
17th century
historicalRole participants in Atlantic slave trade networks
language Kimbundu
surface form: Kimbundu language
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
majorReligion Christianity
modernReligion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
musicTradition call-and-response singing
drumming
neighboringEthnicGroup Kongo people
surface form: Bakongo people

Ovimbundu people NERFINISHED
notableLeader Ngola Kiluanje
Queen Nzinga
politicalTitle Ngola
populationRankInAngola second largest ethnic group
primaryRegion northwestern Angola
subsistenceActivity cultivation of beans
cultivation of cassava
cultivation of maize
traditionalEconomy agriculture
hunting
trade
traditionalHousing wattle-and-daub structures
traditionalReligion African traditional religion
writingSystemForLanguage Latin script

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kimbundu ethnicGroup Ambundu people
Agostinho Neto hasHeritage Ambundu people
this entity surface form: Mbundu people
José Eduardo dos Santos ethnicGroup Ambundu people
this entity surface form: Mbundu people