THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1585–1889

Luba Empire

Kingdom of the Mulopwe in the Upemba depression and the Lomami-Lualaba lands. Dates come from oral traditions and are uncertain.

Source: Wikipedia 'Luba Empire'. Luba expanded greatly between 1700 and 1860, at its widest under Kumwimba Ngombe and Ilunga Kabale; succession wars and slave traders from the east weakened it, and a dispute split it in two in 1889. Source: Wikipedia 'Luba Empire'.

See Luba Empire on the map in 1800

On the map
1585–1889
Capital
Mwibele, later Kabongo; Kabongo

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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