Kazembe
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Pre-colonial history
- Origin of the Luba-Lunda-Kazembe
- Portuguese expeditions
- David Livingstone's visit
- Arab and Swahili traders
- Colonial history
- Division between British and Belgian territories
- British rule imposed by force
- The coming of missionaries
- Structure of the kingdom
- Functions of the kingdom
- Modernising the kingdom
- Independence to the present day
- Mutomboko Festival
- See also
- References and further reading
thumb|right|Mwata Kazembe at Mtomboko ceremony 2017
Kazembe is a traditional kingdom in modern-day Zambia, and southeastern Congo. For more than 250 years, Kazembe has been an influential kingdom of the Kiluba-Chibemba, speaking the language of the Eastern Luba-Lunda people of south-central Africa (also known as the Luba, Luunda, Eastern Luba-Lunda, and Luba-Lunda-Kazembe). Its position on trade routes in a well-watered, relatively fertile and well-populated area of forestry, fishery and agricultural resources drew expeditions by traders and explorers (such as Scottish missionary David Livingstone) who called it variously Kasembe, Cazembe and Casembe.