Tribute empire of the southern savanna under the Mwata Yamvo, a hub of the long-distance trade.
The Lunda Empire under the Mwata Yamvo was overthrown by the Chokwe by around 1900, and its heartland was partitioned among Belgian Congo, Portuguese Angola, and British North-Western Rhodesia.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Lunda Empire — the shape you scrub through changes in 1665 · 1758 · 1848.
Vansina reconstructs the deep history and political traditions of the West Central African savanna out of which the Luba, Lunda and Loango kingdoms arose.
Covers the Lunda commercial empire and the long-distance trade of the interior (regional context).