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Kalala Ilunga
Kalala Ilunga is the figure credited in oral tradition with founding the Second Luba Dynasty around 1585. He defeated and executed his predecessor Nkongolo Mwamba and consolidated chiefdoms under a new sacred kingship. He is regarded as the architect of the Luba Empire.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kalala Ilunga. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kalala-ilunga
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