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Umbundu kinship & characterBook 1949 • Childs, Gladwyn Murray
Ovimbundu • Africa > Southern Africa
This volume, as stated in the subtitle, is a 'description of the social structure and individual development of the Ovimbundu of Angola, with observations concerning the bearing on the enterprise of Christian missions of certain phases of the life an...The kingdom of Wambu (Huambo)article 1964 • Childs, Gladwyn Murray
Ovimbundu • Africa > Southern Africa
Wambu (Huambo) is one of the oldest Ovimbundu kingdoms, established around 1640, although legend points to a prior reign of kings and queens. The Jaga warrior Wambu Kalunga took over the kingdom without a fight, but was later assassinated by a local ...