Between the cross and the hatchet: Nzinga Mbandi and the resistance in Angola, seventeenth century

• Grant number: 09/13420-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: February 29, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History
• Principal Investigator: Marina de Mello e Souza
• Grantee: Mariana Bracks Fonseca
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The installation of the slave trade in Angola was not a easy process. The portuguese found very much resistance e was necessary make a lot f wars and spend so much resource. Heading the resistance movement is the Queen Nziga Mbandi, that articulated the locals governments to brave the portuguese army. This research quests ascertain the strategy of european penetration in angolan territory as well the quilombolas tatics to resist to this breakthrough. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FONSECA, Mariana Bracks. Nzinga Mbandi and the wars of resistance in Angola. 17th century. 2012. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.