Lunda people

E385366

The Lunda people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of Central Africa known for their historical Lunda Kingdom and widespread presence across parts of Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lunda people canonical 9
Lunda–Chokwe peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm ritual masks ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
clanSystem matrilineal elements ⓘ
colonialHistory came under Belgian colonial rule in the Congo region ⓘ
came under British colonial rule in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) ⓘ
came under Portuguese colonial rule in parts of Angola ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Angola ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
culturalArea Congo Basin ⓘ
linked to: Congo Rainforest
culturalPractice initiation rites ⓘ
masking traditions ⓘ
ethnonym Lunda ⓘ
expansion established satellite kingdoms in surrounding regions ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfPower 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
historicalState Lunda Empire ⓘ
linked to: Lunda Kingdom

Lunda Kingdom ⓘ
language Lunda language ⓘ
languageCode lun ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
mainCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
mainLivelihood small-scale farming ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup Bemba people ⓘ
Chokwe people ⓘ
Luba people ⓘ
linked to: Luba-Katanga people

Luvale people ⓘ
politicalSystem centralized kingdom ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lwena people ⓘ
linked to: Lungu people

Ndembu people ⓘ
Yaka people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialStructure chiefdoms ⓘ
subgroupOf Lunda–Chokwe peoples ⓘ
linked to: Lunda people
titleOfRuler Mwata Yamvo ⓘ
traditionalCapital Musumba ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lunda → spokenBy → Lunda people ⓘ
Lunda people → subgroupOf → Lunda–Chokwe peoples ⓘ
linked to: Lunda people
Southern Democratic Republic of the Congo → hasEthnicGroup → Lunda people ⓘ
Lunda language → spokenBy → Lunda people ⓘ
Lunda language → ethnicity → Lunda people ⓘ
Katanga → ethnicGroup → Lunda people ⓘ
Lunda Norte Province → hasEthnicGroup → Lunda people ⓘ