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  2. Luba Empire - Wikipedia

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    Fire Kingdom of Buki: Established around the many decentralized Songye chiefdoms in the early 19th century, Buki operated on both sides of the Congo River in Luba's northern frontier [16] Katondo's Chiefdom : Katondo established a chiefdom around the lands of the Zela , northwest of Lake Mweru after Luba's war with Kazembe .

  3. Lunda Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Lunda Empire or Kingdom of Lunda 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 . Part of a series on the

  4. List of rulers of Luba - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Luba (1585–1889), which emerged in the marshy grasslands of the Upemba Depression in what is now southern Congo around 1585, initially began as a kingdom. Over time, through a combination of conquests , strategic marriages, and alliances , it expanded its territory and influence, eventually transforming into a significant empire .

  5. Congo Free State - Wikipedia

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    Kingdom of Luba: 1585–1889: Kingdom of Lunda: 1600–1887: Kuba Kingdom: 1625–1884: Kingdom of Chokwe: 1800–1891: Yeke Kingdom: ... Map of the Congo Free State ...

  6. Kuba Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Kuba Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Bakuba or Bushongo, is a traditional kingdom in Central Africa. The Kuba Kingdom flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries in the region bordered by the Sankuru , Lulua , and Kasai rivers in the heart of the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo .

  7. List of kingdoms and empires in African history - Wikipedia

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    There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".

  8. Pre-colonial history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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    The birth of the Lunda Kingdom is traced back to Ilunga Tshibinda who left his brother's Luba Kingdom and married a princess from an area in the south of Katanga. Their son, Mwaant Yav or Mwata Yamvo formed the central Lunda Kingdom there with a population of about 175,000 and became its ruler from 1660 to 1665. His title and name was passed to ...

  9. Kazembe - Wikipedia

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    Mwata Kazembe at Mtomboko ceremony 2017. Kazembe is a traditional kingdom in modern-day Zambia, and southeastern Congo.For more than 250 years, Kazembe has been an influential kingdom of the Kiluba-Chibemba, speaking the language of the Eastern Luba-Lunda people of south-central Africa [1] (also known as the Luba, Luunda, Eastern Luba-Lunda, and Luba-Lunda-Kazembe).