Queen Diambi Kabatusuila Tshiyoyo Muata is the traditional queen of the Bakwa Luntu tribe of Central Kasaï in the historic

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Name

Her name means "the bearer of good news". She Holds the title of Mukalenga Mukaji wa Nkashama wa Bakwa Luntu wa Baluba wa Kasaï wa Congo that means "Woman King of the Order of the Leopard of the Bakwa Luntu People who are from the Luba group of Kasaï in the Democratic Republic of Congo."

Early life

She was born in Belgium to a Belgian mother and Congolese father who was a diplomat in Belgium at that time. She grew up in Kinshasa, capital of the

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Education

She graduated from the

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as the valedictorian in 1992.

Activism

She is an environmental activist. She attended Davos in 2019. In October 2021, she visited the

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and spoke on

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. In November 2021, she addressed the

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Filmography

* ''African Queens'' (2023)

References

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