Mwene Muji: A Medieval Empire in Central Africa?

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作者
Thornton, John [1 ]
机构
[1] Boston Univ, Boston, MA 02215 USA
关键词
Central Africa; Angola; Democratic Republic of Congo; historiography; cartography; historical geography;
D O I
10.1017/S0021853724000161
中图分类号
K [历史、地理];
学科分类号
06 ;
摘要
Although the Lower Kasai was identified by Jan Vansina as a likely center for highly complex societies, he failed to recognize that sixteenth-century sources had mentioned the Empire of Mwene Muji as a large polity in that region. Studying the well known and recently discovered literature on West Central Africa, as well as a critical study of oral tradition, shows considerable evidence for the antiquity and existence of Mwene Muji.
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