The Lunda (Balunda, Luunda, Ruund) are a Bantu ethnic group that originated in what is now the 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 …

"Lunda" is the most widely used English term to refer to literally hundreds of social groups whose oral histories link them in varying ways to a far-flung empire that controlled trade and tribute in much of Central Africa from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.

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.

Lunda, any of several Bantu-speaking peoples scattered over wide areas of the southeastern part of Congo (Kinshasa), eastern Angola, and northern and northwestern Zambia. The various regional groups—the Lunda of Musokantanda in Congo, Kazembe, Shinje, Kanongesha, Ndembu, Luvale (Luena, Balovale),

Lunda empire, historic Bantu-speaking African state founded in the 16th century in the region of the upper Kasai River (now in northeastern Angola and western Democratic Republic of the Congo). Although the Lunda people had lived in the area from early times, their empire was founded by invaders

Jul 16, 2020 · Chief Nyamwana is the only white who is a traditional leader of Lunda tribe of Mwinilunga District in Zambia. In the 17th century Lunda, under its ruler, Mwata Yamvo or Mwaant Yav and the capital of Musumba, formed the Lunda (Balunda, Luunda), which is now the democratic Republic of Congo along the Kalanyi River.

Tribe. 1 095 000 People. Lunda Origins. The lunda-ndembu people of the chiefdoms of ishindi, kanongesha, museli and sailunga of Zambia and in Angola of the chief domes of mukandankunda chinuka and others and in Namibia under the chiefdoms of kasondi and chikudd and in the DR Congo under the chief domes of musokantanda chifwanakeni, kazembi ...

Mar 14, 2021 · The Kingdom of Lunda (c. 1665 – c. 1887) was a confederation of states located in what is present-day the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and north-western Zambia, with Katanga as its capital.

Jun 15, 2020 · The kingdom of Lunda came to an end in the nineteenth century, when the Chokwe, who was armed with guns, invaded it. The Chokwe then established their own kingdom with their language and customs. Lunda chiefs and people continued to live in the Lunda heartland but were diminished in power.

The Lunda Kingdom developed from the Luba Kingdom about 1600 AD. Once the Paramount Chief, Mwata Yamvo, became established, he sent out relatives to form satellite Lunda Kingdoms to the south and then to the east.