Book
Production, trade and power: the political economy of central Angola
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1999 • Pages:
By: Heywood, Linda Marinda.
Abstract
Heywood's doctoral dissertation shows how the Ovimbundu were able to maintain economic independence through most of Angola's early colonial period. Because of their large population and manpower the Ovimbundu dominated long-distance trade between Central Africa and the Coast, providing porters for the caravans that carried goods into and out of the region. Ovimbundu chiefs controlled the trade through their control of free and slave labor. After the 1840s, trade shifted from slaves and ivory to a variety of household-produced commodities, including rubber and corn. Porters began to engage in trading, too. The growth in trade and traders weakened the power of the nobles and made the kingdoms more vulnerable to attack. The Portuguese invasion in1890, marked the beginning of Ovimbundu subjugation, which finally came in the 1920s along with the completion of the Benguela railroad across the highlands.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Historian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field Date
- 1979-1980
- Coverage Date
- 1850-1930
- Coverage Place
- Angola
- Notes
- by Linda Marinda Heywood
- UM8427410
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-505)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Columbia University, 1984
- LCSH
- Mbundu (African people)