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List of rulers of the Lunda Empire

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The following is a list of the Rulers of the Lunda Empire. The Lunda Empire was a pre-colonial Central African state centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo whose sphere of influence stretched into Angola and Zambia. The Lunda were initially ruled by kings with the title Mwaantaangaand meaning "owners of the land". This later became "Mwaantayaav" or "Mwaant Yaav" with the rise of Mbala I Yaav.[1]

Mwaantaangaand of Lunda Kingdom

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  • Mwaaka (c. 1500-c. 1516)[2]
  • Yala Maaku, son of Mwaaka(c. 1516-c. 1550)[2]
  • Kunde, perhaps a double for the next ruler (c. 1550-c. 1590)[2]
  • Nkonda Matit, son of Yala Maaku (c. 1590-c. 1620)[2]
  • Cibind Yirung, son-in-law of Nkonda Matit (ruled c. 1620-c. 1630)[2]
  • Yaav I a Yirung (or Naweej[3]), son of Cibind Yirung (ruled c. 1630-c. 1660)
  • Yaav II a Nawej, son of Naweej (ruled c. 1660-c. 1687)

Mwaant Yaav of Lunda Empire

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Mwaant Yaav under the Congo Free State

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Mwaant Yaav under the Belgian Congo

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Mwaant Yaav under Katanga

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Mwaant Yaav under Republic of Congo

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Mwaant Yaav under Zaire

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ben Cahoon. "Congo (Kinshasa) Traditional states - Ruund (Luunda)". Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e Stewart, John (1989). African States and Rulers. London: McFarland. p. 165. ISBN 0-89950-390-X.
  3. ^ Possibly, Naweej was a separate ruler between Yaav I (his father) and Yaav II (his son); Hoover (1978), p. 604-08.
  4. ^ Yaav ya Mbanyi is mentioned as ruler before Cikomb in several lists, either as a brother or junior relative of Muteb I; Hoover (1978), p. 604, 613.

Literature

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  • Duysters, Léon (1958) "Histoire des aluunda", Problèmes d'Afrique Centrale 78, pp. 75-98.
  • Hoover, J. Jeffrey (1978) The seduction of Ruwej: Reconstructing Ruund history (the nuclear Lunda; Zaire, Angola, Zambia). PhD thesis, Yale University.