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To rise with one mind: the Bailund War of 1902
Social change in Angola • München • Published In 1973 • Pages: 54-92
By: Wheeler, Douglas C., Christensen, C. Diane.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the Bailundu Revolt (1902-4), including a recap of the Ovimbundu history leading up to the event. The Portuguese overthrew the rulers of the kingdoms of Bailundu and Bihe (Bié, Viye) in 1776, but the kingdoms strong trade position underwrote their quasi independence. In 1890 the Portuguese again invaded and subjugated Bihe. In 1896 they established a fort in Bailundu territory near the capital, but were defeated in an ensuing battle. Attempts to influence the Bailundu royal succession in their favor ended in failure and the election of a king hostile to the Portuguese. The Portuguese arrested the new king over a debt dispute, which triggered the uprising. The authors discuss the war and African and Portuguese strategies. They also consider other factors that might have influenced the revolt, including the role of missionaries, the rum trade, and collapse of rubber prices.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External trade
- Slavery
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ovimbundu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1600-1905
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Angola
- NotesAdditional notes
- Douglas C. Wheeler and C. Diane Christensen
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72097637
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mbundu (African people)