Ambundu people

E395717

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 6
Ambundu people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedRiver Cuanza River ⓘ
linked to: Kwanza River
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 language ⓘ
linked to: Kimbundu
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
modernReligion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
musicTradition call-and-response singing ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Bakongo people ⓘ
linked to: Kongo people

Ovimbundu people ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Kimbundu → ethnicGroup → Ambundu people ⓘ
Agostinho Neto → hasHeritage → Mbundu people ⓘ
linked to: Ambundu people
José Eduardo dos Santos → ethnicGroup → Mbundu people ⓘ
linked to: Ambundu people
North Mbundu → spokenBy → Mbundu people ⓘ
linked to: Ambundu people
North Mbundu → ethnicGroup → Mbundu people ⓘ
linked to: Ambundu people
Bengo Province → ethnolinguisticGroupPresent → Mbundu people ⓘ
linked to: Ambundu people
Cuanza Sul Province → hasEthnicGroup → Mbundu people ⓘ
linked to: Ambundu people
Northern Angola → hasEthnicGroup → Ambundu people ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Angola