Lunda people

[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.

The members of the Lunda delimitation commission ; also Mme. Sarmento and Mrs. Grenfell