The Rainbow and the Kings: A History of the Luba Empire to 1891 |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
SOURCES | 10 |
THE MYTH | 23 |
THE CHARTER | 41 |
KINGS AND CHRONOLOGY | 49 |
THE EARLY RECORD | 67 |
PYRAMIDS UPON PYRAMIDS | 79 |
SAVANNA TRADE | 93 |
THE GENERATION OF KING ILUNGA SUNGU | 115 |
THE GENERATION OF KING ILUNGA KABALE | 145 |
DISINTEGRATION | 157 |
DISINTEGRATION AT THE CENTER | 183 |
CONCLUSIONS AND COMPARISONS | 197 |
Notes | 209 |
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Informants | 262 |
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Common terms and phrases
23 April ancestral spirits Arab-Swahili ASRHL AZKamina Baluba Baluba et Balubaïsés bambudye Bena BJIDCC 18 Brussels Buki central Africa chief Clerck client conquest d'Orjo de Marchovelette DCBAPRS episode funérailles Harold Womersley Hemba Ilunga Kabale Ilunga Sungu interview Kabongo village Kadilo Kalala Ilunga Kamina Kamina cité Kanyok Kasongo Kasongo Kalombo Kasongo Nyembo Katanga Kaumbu Kazembe kilometers Kiluba king Ilunga Kinkondja Kinkunki village Kumwimbe Ngombe Kyombo Lake Lake Mweru Legends and History lineage Lomami River Luba Empire Luba genesis myth Luba heartland Luba kings Luba Religion Luba royal dynasty Lunda Luvua Luvua River Mashyo Mbidi Kiluwe Msiri Mukulu Mulongo Munza Mutombo Mukulu Ngombe's Nkongolo nsenga Banza oral traditions Ovimbundu political praise phrase Rapport d'enquête region Religion and Magic River valley royal males ruler sacral king sacral kingship sacred village salt Samba savanna Shaba Songye Tabwa Tervuren Tippu Tip titleholders trade tribute Upemba depression upper Zaire River Verhulpen warriors Womersley