Kingdom of Barue

The Kingdom of Barue or Barwe was a precolonial kingdom, centred around today's Báruè District in western Mozambique.

The kingdom first emerged as a provincial administration of the Kingdom of Mutapa. In 1512, António Fernandes recorded that the area of Barue had a king. This dynasty may have emerged in the 1480s. The first Makombe (king) was Makombe I, reportedly the son of Mwenemutapa Mutota who broke away. The waning of Mutapa power in the area coincided with the arrival of the Portuguese Empire, such that the Kingdom of Barue was a target of Portuguese attacks. The kingdom remained independent for much of its existence into the 20th century, and Barue tradition records around 35 kings.^[1]^[2]^: 133

References

Citations

^ van Dokkum 2020, pp. 25–26.
^ Lipschutz, Mark R.; Rasmussen, R. Kent (1986). Dictionary of African historical biography. Internet Archive. Berkeley : University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05179-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

Sources

van Dokkum, André (2020). "The Kingdom of Barue: The Desire for Independence". Nationalism and Territoriality in Barue and Mozambique. Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-42863-8.

[FOOTNOTEvan_Dokkum202025–26-1] van Dokkum 2020, pp. 25–26.

[2] Lipschutz, Mark R.; Rasmussen, R. Kent (1986). Dictionary of African historical biography. Internet Archive. Berkeley : University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05179-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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