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Kingdom of Mbata / Zombo / Bambata Mbata, Zombo, Bambata | |
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| pre 1375 | |
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 Coat of arms of Mbata Kingdom
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| Status | Sovereign kingdom |
| Capital | Maquela do Zombo |
| Common languages | Kikongo, Portuguese |
| Religion | Bukongo |
| History | |
• Established | pre 1375 |
| Today part of | Angola |
| Historical states of present-day Angola |
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The Mbata Kingdom is the traditional name of a Bantu kingdom north of Mpemba Kasi, until it merged with that state to form the Kongo Kingdom around 1375 AD.[1][2] Its main ancestor is the Sovereign Nsaku Ne Vunda.
The founding myth of the Kongo Kingdom begins with the marriage of Nimi a Nzinga to Lukeni Lua Sange, daughter of Nsaku-Lau, chief of the Mbata people.
Their marriage would solidify the alliance between the Mpemba Kasi and the neighboring Mbata people, an alliance that would become the basis of the Kongo Kingdom. Nimi a Nzinga and Luqueni Lua Sange had a son named Lukeni Lia Nimi, who would become the first person to receive the title of Mutinù (King), which gave rise to the Simbulukeni people (existing to this day). [3]
- ^ A Short History of the Kingdom of Kongo
- ^ History Files: Kongo Kingdom
- ^ "Kingdom of Kongo 1390–1914". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2022-09-12.