Lützen, Battle of
Lützen, Battle of (16 November 1632) A battle during the
THIRTY YEARS WAR between the Protestant forces under
GUSTAVUS II Adolphus and Bernard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and imperial Catholic troops commanded by
WALLENSTEIN. The Protestant attack was delayed by foggy conditions and the numerically superior imperial forces came close to victory. Gustavus was killed but Bernard eventually secured a victory for the Protestants.
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Ongwediva Mourns 3 Residents.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 2/20/2009; 522 words
; ...away. Businessman and a farmer Pauly Mbundu (54) died in the Ongwediva Private Hospital...Oshivelo-Ondangwa main road on January 20. Mbundu was the headman of Omalindi village in...Omuthiya area. While residents flocked to Mbundu's house sympathise with his widow...
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Paying Taxes for Economic Independence.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 7/18/2008; 700+ words
; ...behalf of tax payers, businessman Faustin Mbundu-who is also the first vice-president...achievements that have been made. Mr. Mbundu pointed out that if all businesspeople...infrastructure in the country. Faustin Mbundu however highlighted some of the constraints...
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Entertainment industry's emphasis on women's rear ends raises eyebrows. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 8/25/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...belief systems of the Bantu-speaking Mbundu and Ovimbundu peoples of Angola, women's buttocks are exalted. According to Mbundu folk beliefs, the history of the ethnic...buttocks in Kimbundu, the language of the Mbundu and Ovimbundu? ``Bunda.'' That...
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Our Heritage: Queen Nzinga, African Warrior
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 11/25/1998; 700+ words
; ...after the word for king: ngola. The Mbundu tribe of King Kiluanji initially welcomed...Nzinga smilingly agreed, provided all her Mbundu people who had been carried off to Brazil...mass conversion to Christianity of the Mbundu. She knew that the Jesuit priests ran...
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Charges Against City Officials Withdrawn.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 7/1/2002; 673 words
; ...Friday. At a court hearing in Windhoek, Magistrate George Mbundu denied a prosecution request for a further delay so that the...35) also breathed a sigh of relief when Magistrate George Mbundu agreed to withdraw the case against them. Gerson Hinda, Lucius...
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Recreating Africa: Culture, Kinship, and Religion in the African-Portuguese World, 1441-1770.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of World History; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...dehumanization in Brazil. He argues that Central African (e.g., Mbundu, Ndembu, Imbangala, Kongo) religious beliefs and rituals...religious beliefs (e.g., Christian, Muslim, traditional Mbundu beliefs) as children were more likely to retain these teachings...
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Civil War Requires Deeper Understanding.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 9/14/2001; 700+ words
; ...UNITA, the two main national groups involved in the war. The Mbundu and the Ovimbundu peoples represent the MPLA and the UNITA respectively...engage in slave trade and further disintegrate the people. The Mbundu are accused of aiding in the exploitation of the human capital...
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Angolan Troops Recoup in War
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/20/1993; ; 609 words
; ...and most rural. People of the second-largest tribe, the Mbundu, live along the coast and have had much more contact, including...colony for centuries. Most top officials of the government are Mbundu, although Prime Minister Marcolino Moco is Ovimbundu. Despite...
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Returning Tutsis Help Rebuild Rwanda; Business Skills Learned in Exile.
Newspaper article from: Washington Times (Washington, D.C.); 4/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...especially those who were in Uganda with Mr. Kagame. Faustin Mbundu, 39, a refugee who worked in Uganda's coffee and tea industry...standstill during the genocide. "Why did I come back?" Mr. Mbundu said. "Because I am part of Rwandan politics now." The rapid...
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Returning Tutsis help rebuild Rwanda; Business skills learned in exile.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...especially those who were in Uganda with Mr. Kagame. Faustin Mbundu, 39, a refugee who worked in Uganda's coffee and tea industry...standstill during the genocide. "Why did I come back?" Mr. Mbundu said. "Because I am part of Rwandan politics now." The rapid...
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Mbundu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mbundu , black African ethnic group, W Angola. The Mbundu speak Bantu languages and number about 6 million. By the...Portuguese first attempted to conquer Ndongo; however, the Mbundu resisted fiercely and it was not until 1683 that the kingdom...
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Angolans
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...million LANGUAGE: Portuguese; Ovimbundu; Mbundu, Kongo; Chokwe; other Bantu languages...comprising 37 percent of the population. The Mbundu are second at 22 percent. These two groups...percent of Angolans speak Ovimbundu, Mbundu, Kongo, Chokwe, and other languages...
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Ovimbundu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
Ovimbundu ETHNONYMS: Umbundu, Umbundo, M'bundo, Quimbundo, Ovimbundu, South Mbundu, Nano, Mbali, Mbari, Mbundu Benguella Orientation Identification and Location. The Ovimbundu live in the Benguela Highlands (Bi...
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Angola
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...government: Multiparty republic ethnic groups: Ovimbundu 37%, Mbundu 22%, Kongo 13%, Luimbe-Nganguela 5%, Nyaneka-Humbe...Liberation of Angola (MPLA) was founded, drawing support from the Mbundu tribe and mestizos (people of African and European descent...
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Anna Nzinga
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...region of Congo and Angola. The name Angola comes from the Mbundu word ngola, or king. Nzinga was born to Ngola Kiluanji...Samba sometime around 1581 in the kingdom of the Ndongo, a Mbundu-speaking people in southeastern Africa. The king had...
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