Month: July 2019

Ce-Ngulupe, the first female chief, and the birth of the Nam’paanda dynasty at Mount Unangu

I have been circling Mount Unangu this week, conducting interviews on the territorial chieftaincies that rose to power in this area in the mid-1800s (before the arrival of the Portuguese) and the oral narratives of the first chiefs and acibiibi.

Unsurprisingly, Mount Unangu also features prominently in this oral history.

Mount Unangu seen from the direction of Mapudje