Ndombe

Ndombe is the country of a coastal people south of Benguela, in the dry lands around Dombe Grande. The Luache River reaches the Atlantic here, cutting through a landscape of hills and sandy coast. Ndombe communities also lived farther north, where Benguela was established by the Portuguese in 1617. Along this coast, pastoralists kept livestock in a country where rainfall is uncertain and watercourses can run dry.