Diambi Kabatusuila
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Diambi Kabatusuila | |
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 Visit of Queen Diambi Kabatusuila to the Heitor Villa-Lobos Municipal School in Porto Alegre, Brazil | |
| Born | Belgium |
| Education | College of Staten Island |
| Occupation | Queen of the Bakwa Luntu tribe from Kasaï Central |
| Website | https://www.queendiambi.com/ |
Queen Diambi Kabatusuila Tshiyoyo Muata is the traditional queen of the Bakwa Luntu tribe of Central Kasaï in the historic Kingdom of Luba.[1] Her name means "the bearer of good news".[2] She Holds the title of Mukalenga Mukaji wa Nkashama wa Bakwa Luntu wa Baluba wa Kasaï wa Congo, which has been translated as “Woman King of the Order of the Leopard of the Bakwa Luntu people of the Luba group of Kasaï in the Democratic Republic of Congo."[3][peacock prose]
Early life and education
[edit]She was born in Belgium to a Belgian mother and Congolese father, who was a diplomat in Belgium at that time. She was raised in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.[3]
She graduated from the College of Staten Island in 1992, where she was valedictorian.[4]
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Coronation
[edit]- 31 August 2016 – Crowned ruler of the Bena Tshiyamba people of the Bakwa Indu.[5]
- 15 July 2017 – Formally enthroned as queen by the chiefs of the Bakwa Luntu.[5]
- March 2019 – Named Queen Mother of the Bantu community in Brazil.[5]
Activism
[edit]She is an environmental activist.[6][7] She attended Davos in 2019.[8]
In 2021, she visited the University of Exeter to speak on plastic pollution[9] and later addressed the Oxford Union.[10]
Filmography
[edit]- African Queens (2023)[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "HRH Queen Diambi – The Oxford Union – the world's foremost debating society". Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ HRH Queen Diambi of The Democratic Republic of Congo | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union, 12 December 2021, retrieved 2021-12-14
- ^ a b "About :: queendiambi.org". www.queendiambi.org (in Danish). 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "Conversation with Her Majesty Queen Diambi Kabatusuila Tshiyoyo Muata". The City University of New York. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ a b c "Diambi Kabatusuila (HRM Queen)". World Changers Summit. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ "Meet Queen Diambi, ruler of the Bakwa Luntu people of DRC who is leading war against plastic". Face2Face Africa. 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ Conversation with a queen – Dr. Eric Griggs and Queen Diambi Kabatusuila, 26 April 2019, retrieved 2021-12-14
- ^ "Cannabis comes to Davos, sharing spotlight with global elites - BNN Bloomberg". BNN. 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "African ruler meets plastic free ocean leaders in Exeter". BBC News. 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "Queen visits Oxford to speak to students". Oxford Mail. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
- ^ "The Story Behind the Netflix Series African Queens: Njinga". Time. 2023-02-15. Archived from the original on 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- Living people
- 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo women politicians
- 21st-century monarchs in Africa
- African royalty
- Democratic Republic of the Congo people of Belgian descent
- College of Staten Island alumni
- Luba people
- 20th-century Democratic Republic of the Congo women politicians
- People from Kinshasa
- 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo politicians
- 20th-century Democratic Republic of the Congo politicians