The Lost Kingdom (Part 9)

Collectively these two groupings have sometimes been referred to as the “Bakalanga Dumbu” or “original Bakalanga”, to differentiate them from supposedly migrant communities.

It would perhaps be more accurate, however, to understand the dumbu communities in terms of the genealogy of their ruling lineages. As we have seen, such historical figures as Mosojane, Makulukusa Wumbe, Dalaunde (Ntalaote), Men’we and Wange are remembered through oral traditions as junior members of either the Chibundule (Balilima) or Nichasike (Banyayi) dynasties.