Mwata Yamvo was a 16th-century founding ruler of the
Lunda Kingdom
The Nation of Lunda (c. 1665 – c. 1887) 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.
Origin
Initially, the core of what would ...
including Suku, mbumba, yaka, Lozi, impangala, and the title given to all subsequent rulers or paramount chiefs of the
Lunda (or Luunda or Ruund) people to the present day.
The name has variety of spellings: ''Mwaante Yah-mvu, Mwaant Yaav, Muata Jamvo, Mwata Yamfwa''.
See also
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List of Mwata Yamvo rulers
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Mwata Kazembe
References
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
16th-century rulers in Africa
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