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'''Luchazes''' is a municipality in [[Moxico (province)|Moxico province]], [[Angola]]. As of 2004, more than 1,000 families spontaneously returned from [[Zambia]], causing serious humanitarian issues. |
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'''Luchazes''' is a municipality in [[Moxico (province)|Moxico province]], [[Angola]]. Its is one of the three Municipalities predominantly occupied by the [[Mbunda]]. Its principal town is [[Kangamba]], a name derived from a Mbunda Chief who ruled the area before their resistance to Portuguese colonial occupation<ref>René Pélissier, ''Les Guerres Grises: Résistance et revoltes en Angola (1845–1941)'', Montamets(Orgeval: Éditions Pélisier, 1977</ref>. |
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The Portuguese colonialists thereafter named it '''Luchazes''', in appreciation of the support they received from the [[Luchazi]]<ref>Robert Papstein, 1994, ''The History and Cultural Life of the Mbunda Speaking People'', Lusaka Cheke Cultural Writers Association, ISBN 99 820 3006X, page 95</ref> againist the [[Mbunda]] resistance<ref>René Pélissier, ''Les Guerres Grises: Résistance et revoltes en Angola (1845–1941)'', Montamets(Orgeval: Éditions Pélisier, 1977</ref>. The '''Municipality''' hosted the most traumatizing violent offensive between thousands of [[UNITA]] troops trained and armed by the racist [[South Africa]] army against forces loyal to MPLA-Angolan government, and a group of [[Cuba]] fighters and advisers in the [[Angolan Civil War]] (1975–2002). As of 2004, more than 1,000 families spontaneously returned from [[Zambia]], causing serious humanitarian issues. |
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The '''Municipality''' is now under the traditional authority of a [[Mbunda]] Paramount Chief Mwene Kangamba ka Xapeyo. |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.mbundakingdom.org/Angola.htm The Mbunda Kingdom Research and Advisory Council] |
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==References== |
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{{Municipalities of Angola}} |
{{Municipalities of Angola}} |
Revision as of 17:51, 12 February 2013
Luchazes is a municipality in Moxico province, Angola. Its is one of the three Municipalities predominantly occupied by the Mbunda. Its principal town is Kangamba, a name derived from a Mbunda Chief who ruled the area before their resistance to Portuguese colonial occupation[1].
The Portuguese colonialists thereafter named it Luchazes, in appreciation of the support they received from the Luchazi[2] againist the Mbunda resistance[3]. The Municipality hosted the most traumatizing violent offensive between thousands of UNITA troops trained and armed by the racist South Africa army against forces loyal to MPLA-Angolan government, and a group of Cuba fighters and advisers in the Angolan Civil War (1975–2002). As of 2004, more than 1,000 families spontaneously returned from Zambia, causing serious humanitarian issues.
The Municipality is now under the traditional authority of a Mbunda Paramount Chief Mwene Kangamba ka Xapeyo.
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External links
References
- ^ René Pélissier, Les Guerres Grises: Résistance et revoltes en Angola (1845–1941), Montamets(Orgeval: Éditions Pélisier, 1977
- ^ Robert Papstein, 1994, The History and Cultural Life of the Mbunda Speaking People, Lusaka Cheke Cultural Writers Association, ISBN 99 820 3006X, page 95
- ^ René Pélissier, Les Guerres Grises: Résistance et revoltes en Angola (1845–1941), Montamets(Orgeval: Éditions Pélisier, 1977