O Reino do Congo, Os Mbundu (ou Ambundos), O Reino dos 'Ngola' (ou de Angola) e a presenca portuguesa, de finais do seculo XV a meados do seculo XVI.

The eminent Angolan geographer Ilidio do Amaral has taken advantage of his retirement, after a long and illustrious international career in scholarship and academic administration, to comb the published documentation on the first century of African experience with the Portuguese in Kongo and Angola. This glossy volume, the first of two planned, presents the reflections of a mature scholar, whose publications on numerous aspects and eras of Angola run well into the hundreds. For once, a book delivers more than its title promises, as the discussion at several points extends to the end of the sixteenth century.

Amaral's elegant erudition will appeal particularly to …