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Mwata Yamvo

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Mwata Yamvo was a 16th-century founding ruler of the Lunda Kingdom 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.[1] The name has variety of spellings: Mwaante Yah-mvu, Mwaant Yaav, Muata Jamvo, Mwata Yamfwa.

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  1. ^ Page, Melvin E. (2003). Colonialism: An International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 356. ISBN 9781576073353.