[1] The Lunda people's heartland was rich in the natural resources of rivers, lakes, forests and savannah.

They played a large role in the slave and ivory trade that moved goods and people from central Africa to the coasts for export.

[1] The people of the Lunda Kingdom believed in Nzambi or Nzamb Katang as a Supreme Creator of the world who created everything of existence on earth.

They subsequently became sedentary, migrated to other regions, developed a family system typical of most societies (they married and had children) and became a powerful empire that based part of its income on the sale of slaves, both on a small and large scale.

[3] Today the Lunda people comprise hundreds of subgroups such as the Akosa, Imbangala and Ndembu, and number approximately 800,000 in Angola, 1.1 million in the Congo, and 600,000 in Zambia.