Uemba

Uemba belongs to the upper Moshiko country of south-central Africa, where woodland, rivers and cultivated clearings support dispersed communities. Hunting, fishing and gathering supplement farming, while paths through the interior connect places with different resources.

Across the wider region, lineages and local leaders maintained relationships through migration, exchange and alliance. Connections with Lunda, Chokwe and other neighbouring societies formed part of a varied interior history. Atlantic commerce also reached inland through intermediaries, bringing goods and pressures associated with the trade in enslaved people.