Kanyok was a kingdom of Luba speaking people that existed in Africa in the early 18th-century. It is somewhat related to the modern Kanyok language.
Kanyok were possibly part of a larger kingdom called Kulundwe. Oral traditions state that either Shimat Citend or his son Cibend Kadwo in the early 18th-century refused to continue to pay Kulundwe tribute and this led to Kanyok no longer recognizing rule by Kulundwe.
Around this time Kanyok forces invaded the Kingdom of Lunda and set up a fortress there. They established a strong fortress in that territory and killed Nawej, who is the first historically attested ruler of the Kingdom of Lunda.[1]
Kanyok was a kingdom of Luba speaking people that existed in Africa in the early 18th-century. It is somewhat related to the modern Kanyok language. Kanyok...
response to an invasion of his territory by forces from the Kingdom of Kanyok. The Kanyok forces killed Nawej and established a fortress in Lunda territory...
when this was refused made an unsuccessful attempt to conquer the kingdom. The Kanyok states lay still further west in the area between the Lubilash and...
Bene Kanyoka, and said they should take their dirt home with them. The Kanyok went back to their home in the west and never paid tribute to the Luba again...
the start of the 19th-century, the oral traditions of both the Luba and Kanyok people suggest a major conflict, led by mutual raids. This conflict helped...
origin myths and cultural practices. Other groups, like the Songye and the Kanyok, also had long histories in the Kasai region. One of the major legacies...
the seat of power for male rulers, also featured scarification marks. A Kanyok headrest, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, features scarification...
peoples speaking related languages include the Luba of Kasai and Shaba, the Kanyok, Songye, Kaonde, Sanga, Bemba and the people of Kazembe. Today, the Hemba...
it incorporated the Kalundwe, Kanyok, and Kikondja kingdoms. Under the rules of state which developed in the Luba Kingdom from the early eighteenth century...
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