Institution
Bambudye
The Bambudye was a secret society in the Luba Empire that guarded royal history, rituals and political knowledge. Its members used memory devices called lukasa to preserve and interpret the kingdom's history. It acted as a check on the king's power and helped bind local communities to the Luba state.
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