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traded north as far as the
Kingdom of Benin. In the
Kongo they were
called nzimbu or zimbo. The s**** of the
large land snail,
Achatina monetaria, cut into...
- was the s**** of
Olivella nana, a sea
snail known locally as
nzimbu. One
hundred nzimbu could purchase a hen, 300 a
garden hoe and 2,000 a goat. Slaves...
- currency.
Kongolese nobles could buy
slaves with the
national currency of
nzimbu s****,
which could be
traded for slaves.
These could be sold to gain international...
- he is
referred to as "Vévé", "the man with the iron lungs" and "Wazola
Nzimbu".
Kiamuangana was the
second Congolese artist to
establish and independently...
-
capital with
Portuguese military help, but had to
yield Luanda,
source of the
nzimbu currency used in the kingdom, to them in payment.: 218
During the reign...
-
Olivella nana,
harvested on
Luanda Island, were used as
currency called nzimbu in the
Kingdom of Kongo, and were even
traded north as far as the Kingdom...
-
Kingdom of Kongo,
which had a
centralized government, a
currency called nzimbu, and markets,
ready for
trading relations. The
Portuguese found well developed...
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Currency Nzimbu (Olivella nana)
Enslaved people Goods Banana Lubongo Lubongo cloth Taro...
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Currency Nzimbu (Olivella nana)
Enslaved people Goods Banana Lubongo Lubongo cloth Taro...
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salary of 6 le****u of
nzimbu s**** a month, and also
performed duties as a secretary. (One le****u was
equal to 10,000
nzimbu s****.) In 1604 King Álvaro...
