Luba

E492319
Bantu people ethnic group

The Luba are a major Bantu-speaking ethnic group of Central Africa, historically known for the powerful Luba Kingdom centered in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Luba canonical 5
Luba art 1
Luba of Kasai 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoInCountry Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
artInfluenceOn Central African art history ⓘ
associatedPolity Luba Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luba Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialHistoryWith Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
culturalArea south-central Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgroups Luba-Kasai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luba-Katanga NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCenter Kasai region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Katanga region NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Luba Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor court art ⓘ
divine kingship traditions ⓘ
lukasa memory boards NERFINISHED ⓘ
sophisticated political organization ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
majorCrops bananas ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
partOf Bantu expansion cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationStatus one of the largest ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
practices ancestor veneration ⓘ
primaryRegion Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Christianity ⓘ
Islam (minority) ⓘ
traditional beliefs ⓘ
speaks Luba-Kasai language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Luba-Katanga language NERFINISHED ⓘ
subregion southern Congo rainforest–savanna region ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
ironworking ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalStructure centralized kingdom ⓘ
hereditary kingship ⓘ
traditionalReligion African traditional religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesArtForm body scarification ⓘ
ceremonial stools ⓘ
memory boards ⓘ
wood sculpture ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet for Luba languages ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tanganyika → hasEthnicGroup → Luba ⓘ
Bantu peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Luba ⓘ
Laurent-Désiré Kabila → ethnicGroup → Luba ⓘ
Luba-Kasai → alternativeName → Luba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luba of Kasai
Luba languages → ethnolinguisticGroup → Luba ⓘ
Kasai region → culturalTradition → Luba ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luba art
Luba Kadison → givenName → Luba ⓘ