People / group

Yaka people

The Yaka are a Bantu-speaking people of the Kwango valley in the south-west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in northern Angola. In the 18th century Lunda warriors conquered them and founded a Yaka kingdom ruled by kings titled kiamfu. They are known in African art for the masks and figures used in the initiation of young men.

Yaka people
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Yaka Kingdom

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