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GREAT BAVILA TRADITIONAL PRIEST

Great traditional bavila priest, When you hear about the great traditional bavila priest called " Kasongo Nguni" from bahinga clan, Who worked for the bavila kingdom On the reign  of  King Musabwa Kamango Munanila. One of bavila very wise priests who could see mysterious things. His surname " Nguni " can be found In Mozambique, Malawi, Swaziland Zambia, South Africa and Tanzania where Nguni nations are populated. Many  bavila names and  surnames rooted from the Luba Empire  which was on southern  part of the current D.R.Congo. Many centuries passed but bavila still recognizing  their roots due to the name of some places which were called under their ancestors while migrating from Sangha " buluba" to Uvila. There are a lot in common between the Nguni nations of southern region of Africa with bavila. Some  surnames of bavila can be found at Nguni lands in South Africa , Swazland, Malawi , Zambia, Zimbabwe. Example " KwaNguni " which means at Nguni. There is a mountain called " ILenge , or Lenge" in Kwazulu-Natal, some people can refer it as a mysterious mountain. Lenghe "ILUNGA LENGE" was one of the early kings of bavila, Later on, the royal clan was called under his name "Bene lenge "  to mean the descendents of Lenge,   to protect  their migration trace from Luba Empire. There are  some places  in DRCongo , Zambia and South Africa which are called " Lenge" 1. One locality in bukama " Haut Lomami province" in D.R,Congo is called " Lenge" 2. There is a  locality in North- West Zambia with the name of " Lenge" 3. Lengé is a locality in cuvette department near to localities Molembé Kombé and Likounga in DRCongo. 4. Lenge is a suburb in Nkonkobe local municipality in Eastern Cape - South Africa. 5. Lenge - bundala is a locality in Manono, Tanganyika province which is nearby Kakobe village and Kaniambe locality. There are other places which were called  under the names of some bavila well-known leaders 1. Mundi 2. Nguni 3. Lugongo 4. Bijombo 3. Munanila 4. Musabwa 5. Uvila

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Date: 2/6/2024 7:23:00 AM
Nice historic glance at tradition. Thank you Alfonso. :)
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