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  Kimbundu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Kimbundu, or North Mbundu, are located in the African country of Angola.
The history of the Kimbundu culture dates back to the 1400's, in which the Kimbundun roots were established in the Ndongo Kingdom.
Today, the Kimbundu are dealing with an enormous culture loss as a result of a 22-year long civil war.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/africa/kimbundu.html   (291 words)

  
 Definition of Kimbundu - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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m-w.com /dictionary/Kimbundu   (26 words)

  
 Mbundu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Most of the Kimbundu living in urban centers have taken on much of the Portuguese culture in terms of food and clothing and monogamy.
Due to the Kimbundu's long continuous contact with the Portuguese and their culture, a good percentage of them are nominal Catholics.
The Kimbundu cities of Luanda and Malange became the two principal centers of Methodist missionary activity in Angola.
www.imb.org /southern-africa/peoplegroups/mbundu.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Angolan Embassy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The second largest ethnolinguistic category, whose language was Kimbundu.
The Mbundu in general and the western Mbundu in particular, located as they were not far from Luanda, were susceptible to those influences for a longer time and in a more intense way than were other Angolan groups.
There were a number of Kimbundu dialects and groups.
www.embangola-can.org /kimbundu.html   (405 words)

  
 From military peace to social justice? The Angolan peace process
Angola is situated on the west coast of Africa, bordering Namibia, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo.
Its population is nearly 14 million, of whom the largest ethnic group is Ovimbundu (estimated 37%), and others are Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestiço (mixed European and African) 2%, European 1%, and others 22%.
The official language is Portuguese, and Umbundu, Kimbundu, and Kikongo are widely spoken.
www.c-r.org /accord/ang/accord15/a.shtml   (133 words)

  
 In Memory of Wachen - The Life of Wachen Vieira
My husband, Wachen Kimbundu Vieira, was born in Luanda, Angola in 1977, two years after the start of a civil war that stemmed from a revolution, a war that continued until four months before his death.
He quit going to school when someone finally explained colonization to him, and he realized that the Portuguese he was speaking was the language of his oppressors.
After that, he and his friends devised their own language: a mixture of Kimbundu (his father's native tongue), Portuguese, and words they simply made up.
www.wachen.net /inmemory.html   (813 words)

  
 Angola > Luanda > Musseques / Urban Slums
Em kimbundu, musseque quer dizer 'terreno ou local arenoso'...
People living here are over 3 or 4 million, the great majority of them having been dislocated by a long and cruel war...
In Kimbundu, 'musseque' (slum) means 'built with sand'...
pictures.care2.com /view/1/197526414   (224 words)

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