Lake Boya is a small lake about east of
Kabongo in
Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The lake is surrounded by high reeds, and has a thriving population of birds.
In the pre-colonial period the region around Lake Boya was a center of inter-regional trade, an important source of wealth for the
Kingdom of Luba
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.
Origins and foundation
Archaeologic ...
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The king and conqueror
Kongolo established his capital near Lake Boya at
Mwimbele at the start of the sixteenth century.
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