Global Information Lookup Global Information

Kingdom of Lunda information


Kingdom of Lunda
Lunda
c. 1600–1887
Map of the Lunda Empire and Luba kingdoms in the Congo River Basin around 1850.
Map of the Lunda Empire and Luba kingdoms in the Congo River Basin around 1850.
Official languagesChilunda
Ethnic groups
Balunda
GovernmentMonarchy
Mwaantayaav 
• 1687–1719
Mbal I Yaav
History 
• Established
c. 1600
• Disestablished
1887
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Lunda Lunda culture
Chokwe Kingdom Kingdom of Lunda
Today part ofAngola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia
Lunda shown in the lower middle of the map in pink.

The Nation of Lunda (c. 1665 – c. 1887) was a confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and north-western Zambia. Its central state was in Katanga.

and 26 Related for: Kingdom of Lunda information

Request time (Page generated in 1.046 seconds.)

Kingdom of Lunda

Last Update:

The Nation of Lunda (c. 1665 – c. 1887) was a confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and north-western...

Word Count : 995

Lunda people

Last Update:

Democratic Republic of the Congo along the Kalanyi River and formed the Kingdom of Lunda in the 17th century under their ruler, Mwata Yamvo or Mwaant Yav, with...

Word Count : 710

Kingdom of Luba

Last Update:

villages and the customs of the land. Parallels to these kinds of officials can be found in neighboring kingdoms such as Kuba and Lunda. The local economy led...

Word Count : 1718

Lunda

Last Update:

Look up -lunda, Lunda, or lunda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lu(u)nda or Ruund may refer to: Lunda (Asia Minor), an Ancient Roman city and present...

Word Count : 285

Kanyok Kingdom

Last Update:

historically attested ruler of the Kingdom of Lunda. Thornton. History of West Central Africa. p. 219 John K. Thornton. History of West Central Africa to 1850...

Word Count : 135

Kingdom of Kongo

Last Update:

The Kingdom of Kongo (Kongo: Kongo dya Ntotila or Wene wa Kongo; Portuguese: Reino do Congo) was a kingdom in Central Africa. It was located in present-day...

Word Count : 13846

Central Africa

Last Update:

united all Lunda peoples. Their son Mulopwe Luseeng expanded the kingdom. His son Naweej expanded the empire further and is known as the first Lunda emperor...

Word Count : 3513

History of Africa

Last Update:

Empire, Sokoto Caliphate, Kingdom of Lunda, Luba Empire, Kanem-Bornu Empire, Ashanti Empire, Ghana Empire, Mutapa Empire, Kingdom of Zimbabwe, Maravi Empire...

Word Count : 11001

Lozi language

Last Update:

of two languages: Luyana and Kololo. The Luyana people originally migrated south from the Kingdom of Luba and Kingdom of Lunda in the Katanga area of...

Word Count : 611

Lunda Lubanza

Last Update:

Lunda Lubanza traditional ceremony is celebrated by the Lunda people of senior Chief Ishindi during the month of August every year at Mukanda Nkunda in...

Word Count : 288

Kuba Kingdom

Last Update:

human and bringer of civilization. The Kuba are sometimes known as the "Children of Woot." List of kings of Kuba Lunda Kingdom Luba Kingdom William Henry...

Word Count : 946

History of Central Africa

Last Update:

paramount ruler of the Lunda, creating the title of Mwane-a-Yamvu (c. 1665 CE). The kingdom began as a conglomeration of several chiefdoms of various ethnic...

Word Count : 5912

Ikakalaka

Last Update:

tropical jungle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which could have constructed the sword. Congo's pre-colonial era, like the Kingdom of Lunda, saw the...

Word Count : 279

Musumba

Last Update:

the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the former capital of the Kingdom of Lunda.: 39  The practices of the Lunda kingdom still persist in Musumba...

Word Count : 192

Medieval and early modern Africa

Last Update:

17th century, a Lunda chief and warrior called Mwata Kazembe set up an Eastern Lunda kingdom in the valley of the Luapula River. The Lunda's western expansion...

Word Count : 12311

List of kingdoms and royal dynasties

Last Update:

Empire Kingdom of Baguirmi Wadai Empire Anziku Kingdom Kingdom of Loango Kingdom of Luba Kingdom of Lunda Kuba Kingdom South Kasai Kong Empire Kingdom of Sanwi...

Word Count : 2455

Zaire

Last Update:

Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 1997. Zaire was located in Central Africa and...

Word Count : 4881

Confederation

Last Update:

hierarchical ranks (like kingdoms of Iraq and Jordan within the Hashemite Arab Union in 1958). Many scholars have claimed that the Kingdom of Belgium, a country...

Word Count : 3952

Eastern Lunda

Last Update:

of the former Lunda Kingdom, but they themselves would use Kazembe-Lunda or Luunda with an elongated 'u' to make that distinction. (The name 'Lunda'...

Word Count : 136

List of former sovereign states

Last Update:

(1390–1914) Kuba Kingdom (1625–1884) Kingdom of Luba (1585–1889) Kingdom of Lunda (c. 1600–1887) Yeke Kingdom (1856–1891) Kingdom of Ndongo (16th century–1671)...

Word Count : 7865

History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Last Update:

Republic of the Congo have been dated back to the Middle Stone Age, approximately 90,000 years ago. The first real states, such as the Kongo, the Lunda, the...

Word Count : 9200

Second Congo War

Last Update:

as Africa's World War or the Great War of Africa or the Great African War, began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 1998, little more than...

Word Count : 10048

Proclamation of the Congo Free State

Last Update:

Leopold II to become head of another state: "His Majesty Leopold II, King of the Belgians, is authorized to be the head of the state founded in Africa...

Word Count : 425

Congo Free State

Last Update:

monarch of the Kingdom of Belgium. In legal terms, the two separate nations were in a personal union. The Congo Free State was not a part of, nor did...

Word Count : 12021

Congo Crisis

Last Update:

had hopes of rebuilding the Kingdom of Kongo, altering the borders established during the colonial period. Believing that the independence of Congo was...

Word Count : 9737

List of active separatist movements in Africa

Last Update:

of the Organization of Emerging African States Central-Eastern Angola Ethnic group: Lunda-Tchokwé people Proposed state: Democratic Republic of Lunda-Tchokwé...

Word Count : 3757

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net