The "Luba Empire" is a precolonial Central African polityistinguished by its sacred kingship ideology, institutionalized lineage-based governance, and extensive tribute networks that sustained political authority across the southern savanna region from the 15th to the 19th century.
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Luba Kingdom
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Dahomey: An Ancient West African Kingdom.
George Herzog, Melville J. Herskovits · American Sociological Review · 1939 · 264 citations
Humanities, Archaeology, History +12
Memory: Luba Art and the Making of History
Mary Nooter Roberts, Allen F. Roberts · African Arts · 1996 · 111 citations
Humanities, Art History, History +14
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- TQThomas Q. Reefe
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- African Arts
4 publications · 172 citations
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- The Journal of African History
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- The International Journal of African Historical Studies
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- American Sociological Review
ASR · 1 publications · 264 citations
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- Journal of Religion in Africa
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