Mwata Yamvo
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Mwata Yamvo is the name of the 16th Century founding ruler of the Lunda Kingdom
and the title given to all subsequent rulers or paramount chiefs of the Lunda (or Luunda or Ruund) people to the present day. The name has variety of spellings: Mwaant Yav, Mwaant Yaav, Muata Jamvo, Mwata Yamfwa.
Lunda Kingdom
The Kingdom of Lunda , also known as the Lunda Empire, was a pre-colonial African confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola and northwestern Zambia. Its central state was in Katanga....
and the title given to all subsequent rulers or paramount chiefs of the Lunda (or Luunda or Ruund) people to the present day. The name has variety of spellings: Mwaant Yav, Mwaant Yaav, Muata Jamvo, Mwata Yamfwa.
See also
- List of Mwata Yamvo rulers
- Lunda KingdomLunda KingdomThe Kingdom of Lunda , also known as the Lunda Empire, was a pre-colonial African confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola and northwestern Zambia. Its central state was in Katanga....
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