Studien zur Geschichte Angolas im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert

Ein Lesebuch

Author: Beatrix Heintze.

CONTENTS

This book reunites in a German edition the author’s main contributions on the early history of Angola, which have been published in different languages and editions. The studies, which are presented in a very readable form, do not only address the expert but anyone interested in learning about the early history of this country. The centre of attention is the State Ndongo – the old “Kingdom Angola”, of Portuguese sources, which gave its name to today’s Republic of Angola. If one wants to understand today’s conditions, one has to know the situation at the outset as well.

The Portuguese settled permanently in Angola as early as 1575, and written sources exist since the 16^th century. In this book the main emphasis is put on questions of the interaction between Africans and Europeans as well as on Angola’s political history in general and its economic history in particular (Angola was at times the most important export country of slaves). One contribution is devoted to the material culture, others discuss specific questions on the historiographic method of the language. There is no comparable book on the origins and sources of today’s Angola on the market.

CONTENTS [translation of the German text headlines]:

PART I – On historiography

Written source, oral tradition and oral tradition as written source. Problems in interpretation of written sources. Portuguese guidelines for the Angola politics in the 17^th century. Translations as historical sources. António de Oliveira de Cadornegas’ historical work – an extraordinary source of the 17^th century

PART II – On the history of the 16^th century

Ndongo state in the 16^th century. The Portuguese policy of settlement and economy in Angola 1570-1607

PART III – Historical aspects of the 17^th century

The end of the independent State Ndongo (1617–1630). The Portuguese vassal treaty in Angola in the 17^th century. Angolan vassal treaties of the 17^th century. Trading with “pieces” in Angola. Slavery in the first hundred years of Portuguese occupation. Endangered refuge. Opportunities and consequences of the elopement of Angolan slaves in the 17^th century

PART IV – A little cultural history

On the material culture of the Mbundu in the 16^th and 17^th century

PART V – Instead of a summary

Were the days of Ndongo kingdom counted after the arrival of the Portuguese? The scope of action of the “ngola” 1575-1671

Under these links you will find publications by the author and further ethnographical reconstructions:

Accompanying material:

• Alfred Schachtzabels Reise nach Angola 1913–1914 und seine Sammlungen für das Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin (ISBN 978-3-927620-21-6)
• Die ethnographische Sammlung aus Südwest-Angola im Museum von Dundo, Angola (1954). Katalog (ISBN 978-3-89645-161-3)
• Max Buchners Reise nach Zentralafrika 1878–1882 (ISBN 978-3-89645-160-6)

Cross-reference:

• Afrikaner schreiben zurück (ISBN 978-3-89645-053-1)
• Au carrefour des histoires (ISBN 978-3-89645-162-0)
• Great Zimbabwe (ISBN 978-3-89645-210-8)
• Heinrich Barth et l’Afrique (ISBN 978-3-89645-220-7)
• Vorkoloniale Geschichte und Expansion der Avungara-Azande (ISBN 978-3-89645-209-2)

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