Map of the Lunda Empire and Luba kingdoms in the Congo River Basin around 1850.
Official languages
Chilunda
Ethnic groups
Balunda
Government
Monarchy
Mwaantayaav
• 1687–1719
Mbal I Yaav
History
• Established
c. 1600
• Disestablished
1887
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lunda culture
Chokwe Kingdom
Today part of
Angola Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia
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History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Early history
pre–1876
Kingdom of Kongo
1390–1914
Kingdom of Luba
1585–1889
Kingdom of Lunda
1600–1887
Kuba Kingdom
1625–1884
Kingdom of Chokwe
1800–1891
Yeke Kingdom
1856–1891
Colonization
1876–1960
Intl. African Association
1876–1879
Intl. Congo Society
1879–1885
Congo Free State (Atrocities)
1885–1908
Belgian Congo
1908–1960
World War II
1940–1945
Independence
post–1960
Congo Crisis
1960–1965
Congo–Léopoldville
1960–1971
Zaire (Shaba I / II)
1971–1997
First Congo War
1996–1997
Second Congo War
1998–2003
Joseph Kabila presidency
2001–2019
Félix Tshisekedi presidency
2019–present
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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.
The Nation ofLunda (c. 1665 – c. 1887) was a confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and north-western...
Democratic Republic of the Congo along the Kalanyi River and formed the KingdomofLunda in the 17th century under their ruler, Mwata Yamvo or Mwaant Yav, with...
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...
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...
historically attested ruler of the KingdomofLunda. Thornton. History of West Central Africa. p. 219 John K. Thornton. History of West Central Africa to 1850...
The Kingdomof 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...
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...
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...
human and bringer of civilization. The Kuba are sometimes known as the "Children of Woot." List of kings of Kuba LundaKingdom Luba Kingdom William Henry...
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...
tropical jungle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which could have constructed the sword. Congo's pre-colonial era, like the KingdomofLunda, saw the...
17th century, a Lunda chief and warrior called Mwata Kazembe set up an Eastern Lundakingdom in the valley of the Luapula River. The Lunda's western expansion...
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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...
hierarchical ranks (like kingdomsof Iraq and Jordan within the Hashemite Arab Union in 1958). Many scholars have claimed that the Kingdomof Belgium, a country...
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...
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...
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...
monarch of the Kingdomof Belgium. In legal terms, the two separate nations were in a personal union. The Congo Free State was not a part of, nor did...
had hopes of rebuilding the Kingdomof Kongo, altering the borders established during the colonial period. Believing that the independence of Congo was...
of the Organization of Emerging African States Central-Eastern Angola Ethnic group: Lunda-Tchokwé people Proposed state: Democratic Republic ofLunda-Tchokwé...