Tala Mugongo

Tala Mugongo is a range of high ground overlooking the country west of the upper Kwango River. To its east lies the wide plain where the Imbangala established the kingdom of Kasanje in the early seventeenth century. Their movement inland took them beyond the immediate reach of Portuguese forts while leaving them close enough to trade. Kasanje's rulers, known as kinguri, came to govern a kingdom that brought together several communities and languages.