Kingdoms of the Savanna: A history of Central African states until European occupation

Contents
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List of Maps, ix
3 >> Introduction
6 -- The sources
14 -- Some basic concepts
8 >> One: The Peoples and Cultures of the Savanna
19 -- Material culture and economic life
24 -- Social organization
28 -- Political structures
30 -- Religion
33 -- Language
33 -- The origins of the population
37 >> Two: The Kingdom of Kongo until the Jaga Invasion
38 -- The origins of Kongo
41 -- The political institutions of Kongo
45 -- Affonso I
58 -- Diogo I
65 -- The invasion of the Jaga
70 >> Three: The Birth of the Luba and Lunda Empires
71 -- The birth of the Luba kingdom
78 -- The birth of the Lunda empire
84 -- Lunda expansion in Angola
87 -- Lunda expansion toward the east
92 -- Lunda expansion in the Kwango area
98 >> Four: The States on the Fringe of the Savanna
99 -- The Bolia group
102 -- Guthrie's zone B group
124 >> Five: The Rise of Angola
125 -- Ndongo and the Portuguese until 1623
130 -- The recovery in Kongo under Alvare I and II
134 -- Angola, Holland, and Nzinga
138 -- From Alvare III to Alvare VI: breakdown in Kongo
142 -- The Dutch period and the restoration of Angola
146 -- The internal organization of Angola around 1700
147 -- Kongo under Garcia II and Antonio I
152 -- The transformation of the kingdom of Kongo, 1665-1710
155 >> Six: The States of Katanga and Northern Rhodesia from 1700 to 1850
156 -- The main Luba kingdom
159 -- The other Luba chiefdoms and the Songye and the Luba Kasai
160 -- The Lunda homeland
162 -- The southern Lunda
165 -- The formation of the kingdom of Kazembe
170 -- Kazembe's kingdom at its height (1760-1850)
174 -- The Lozi kingdom
180 >> Seven: Traders on the Central African Coast: 1700-1900
181 -- The colony of Angola in the eighteenth century
185 -- The colony of Angola in the nineteenth century
189 -- Kongo, Ngoy, Kakongo, and Loango
197 -- The middlemen: the Ovim­bundu
201 -- The middlemen: the Kasanje and the Matamba
203 -- The peoples on the Kwango and on the middle Kwilu
208 >> Eight: The Fall of the Kings: 1840-1900
209 -- Fugitives from the south: the Ngoni and Kololo
216 -- The Cokwe, Lwena, and Ndembu
227 -- The Yeke kingdom in Katanga and its rival, Kazembe
235 -- The Arabs
242 -- The Luba and Bemba kingdoms, allies of the Arabs

245 >> Conclusion
251 >> Appendix: A Note on the Chronology of Central African History
258 >> List of Abbreviations
261 >> Notes
305 >> Selected Bibliography
333 >> Glossary of African Expressions
337 >> Index, 337

List of Maps and Charts
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MAPS

22 - I Cultural regions in Central Africa
39 - II The kingdom of Kongo in the sixteenth century
65 - III States founded by the Jaga
101 - IV The peoples of the lower Kasai and Bolia regions around 1900
127 - V Angola and Kongo in the seventeenth century
175 - VI The Lozi kingdom around 1830
201-211 - VII The peoples of Northern Rhodesia around 1890
217 - VIII The peoples of eastern Angola around 1850
291 - IX Sketch of Cokwe expansion to 1900
237 - X The Arabs in Congo

Between pages 167 - 168

A The Luba-Lunda states by 1700
B States in Katanga and eastern Rhodesia around 1800
C Western Central Africa around 1850
D The peoples of Kasai and Katanga around 1890

CHARTS

20 - I Cultural regions in Central Africa and the peoples grouped in them
76 - II The rulers of the second Luba "empire"