Tamba

Tamba was one of the inland districts of Angola described by the Capuchin missionary Giovanni Antonio Cavazzi in the seventeenth century. His account placed a fortress in the district and listed Tamba alongside Haco and Libolo among the lands south of the Kwanza. Later travellers passed through this country on routes between Haco and Bailundo. Its position brought it into contact with the kingdoms of the central highlands as well as the Portuguese establishments farther north.