Chipangura

Chipangura was a trading fair in the highland kingdom of Manyika, close to the gold-bearing country of Manica. African merchants brought gold to the market, where Portuguese traders sought goods for the route to Sofala and the Indian Ocean coast. By the late sixteenth century, Chipangura had become the most important Portuguese fair in Manyika, with a small community of resident traders. Its prosperity depended on the authority of local rulers as well as the traffic between the mines and the coast.