Polity Kuba Kingdom

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Was a mainly Bushongo-speaking kingdom in the what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Establishment

  • January 1626: The Kuba Kingdom began as a conglomeration of several chiefdoms of various ethnic groups with no real central authority. In approximately 1625, an individual from outside the area known as Shyaam a-Mbul a Ngoong usurped the position of one of the area rulers and united all the chiefdoms under his leadership.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1885: The Kuba Kingdom was disestablished by the International Association of the Congo and annexed.