Kimbundu

Kimbundu lies in the uplands of the Lunda country in northeastern Angola, west of the upper Kasai River. The region was home to Chokwe and Lunda communities whose histories became intertwined with the growth of the Lunda kingdom. From the seventeenth century its rulers expanded through alliances with neighbouring chiefs. Outposts in eastern Angola were involved in the copper trade by the end of that century, connecting the interior with distant markets.