Kingdom of Luba

Kingdom of Luba
Luba
1585–1889
Map of the Lunda Empire and Luba kingdoms in the Congo River Basin around 1850
Map of the Lunda Empire and Luba kingdoms in the Congo River Basin around 1850
CapitalMwibele (today in Haut-Lomami)
Common languagesKiluba[1]
GovernmentMonarchy
muLopwe 
• c. 1780 – 1810
Ilunga Sungu
History 
• Established
1585
• Disestablished
1889
Population
• 
1 million
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Luba culture
Congo Free State
Today part ofDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Luba shown in the lower middle of map in blue.

The Kingdom of Luba or Luba Empire (1585–1889) was a pre-colonial Central African state that arose in the marshy grasslands of the Upemba Depression in what is now southern Democratic Republic of Congo.

  1. ^ Augustin MUBIAYI MAMBA, Description des consequences des violations de coutumes luba-kasaï et leurs therapies, Université de Kinshasa - DIPLOME D'ETUDES SUPERIEURES (DES) EN PSYCHOLOGIE, 2014 (in French)

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