The Kingdom of Matamba (pre-1550–1744) was an African state located in what is now the Baixa de Cassange region of Malanje Province of modern-day Angola.Joined to the Kingdom of Ndongo by Queen Nzinga in 1631, the state had many male and female rulers. It was a powerful kingdom that long resisted Portuguese colonisation attempts, but …

Matamba, historical African kingdom located on the Cuango River northeast of Luanda, Angola.Founded by Kimbundu-speaking people (see Mbundu) before the 16th century, it was loosely under the orbit of the Kongo kingdom until about 1550.The Matamba kingdom was noteworthy in that it was frequently ruled by women. In 1630–32 it was conquered by Nzinga Mbande (often referred to simply as Nzinga ...

NZINGA OF MATAMBA IN A NEW PERSPECTIVE' BY JOSEPH C. MILLER QUEEN NZINGA of Matamba, the seventeenth-century Mbundu monarch who fought Portuguese armies, kept African politics in a state of turmoil, and helped to develop the Angolan slave trade from the i620S to the i66os, has become something of a heroine in the writings of European historians

Matamba , Historic African kingdom of the Mbundu people, located northeast of Luanda, Angola.A strong state in the early 16th century, it came into conflict with the Portuguese colonists of Angola. About 1630 it was conquered by Nzinga, ex-ruler of Ndongo, who strengthened it and stopped Angola’s eastward expansion in the 1670s.A 1684 treaty …

因为资料有限，关于17世纪以前马塔姆巴的情况，史学界还不太清楚。1621年，恩东戈国王恩哥拉(ngo1a nki1uane)的姐姐恩津加(Nzinga)，说服了葡萄牙承认 恩东戈王国 的独立地位并且帮助驱除境内的因班加拉人(Imbanga1a)。 3年后，恩津加囚禁了自己的兄弟，自己继承了王位。

2009年1月22日 · Nzinga of Matamba, the seventeenth-century African monarch known primarily for her enmity to the Portuguese in Angola, also faced hostility from her own Mbundu people and the opposition of neighbouring African rulers throughout her long career. Her sex disqualified her from many Mbundu political offices reserved for males, and her origins in ...

The Matamba Kingdom was a significant African state located in present-day Angola, known for its resistance against Portuguese colonization during the 16th and 17th centuries. This kingdom was notable for its strong leadership, particularly under Queen Nzinga, who skillfully navigated diplomatic relations and military strategies to maintain the kingdom's independence from European powers.

2013年9月23日 · Matamba: The Monkey Orange As I learned during my first taste recently, the monkey orange, known in Shona as a matamba, is a round fruit the size of a large orange. Edible to humans and animals, and growing in both tropical and sub-tropical Africa, the “orange” is not really an orange at all, but instead a rock-hard green fruit that ripens ...

O Reino da Matamba, sem dúvida, tinha relações mais estreitas com o seu vizinho ocidental, o Reino do Ndongo, à altura, tão poderoso como o Reino do Kongo. Durante os meados do século XVI, o Reino da Matamba era governado por uma rainha desconhecida, que recebeu missionários enviados pelo rei Diogo I do Kongo, isto entre 1545 e 1561 ...

The matamba, or monkey orange tree, Strychnos spinosa is indigenous to tropical and subtropical Africa. It produces, sweet-sour, yellow fruits, containing numerous hard brown seeds. Greenish-white flowers grow in dense heads at the ends of branches (Sep-Feb/Spring - summer). The smooth, hard fruit are large and green, ripen to yellow