Cazombo - Queen Nhakatolo Ngambo was enthroned and introduced to the public on Saturday as the 6th queen of the Luvale people, in a ceremony held in the village of Cazombo, municipality of Alto Zambezi, Angolan eastern Moxico province.
The ceremony, witnessed by thousands of people, including political and traditional entities, was marked by several cultural manifestations, in a symbiosis with the closing of the Festivals of the Luvale tradition.
Among the political authorities who attended the event, the Minister of Social Action, Family and Gender Promotion, Ana Paula do Sacramento, the Minister of National Defence, João Ernesto dos Santos 'Liberdade', as well as the provincial governors of Moxico, Ernesto Muangala, and Cuando Cubango, José Martins, stand out.
Queen Nhakatolo Ngambo is 6th in the line of succession in the kingdom of the Luvales after the leaders Nhakatolo Cavangu, Nhakatolo Ngambo, Nhakatolo Kutemba, Nhakatolo Chisengo and Nhakatolo Tchilombo, who died in 2023.
Speaking at the ceremony, the provincial governor, Ernesto Muangala, considered the culture of the Luvale people, and other ethnicities of the province of Moxico, as an essential pillar 'of our heritage and social cohesion', highlighting the importance of the enthronement event, 'a celebration of the centuries-old cultural and historical richness that forms the basis of our identity'.
According to oral sources, the Luvale people's power stations originated in Lake Tanganyika, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the Dembos, Cokwe Luvale, Bundas Luchazes and other tribes led by Emperor Muathiânvua are located.'
The Luvale kingdom in Angola is represented in the provinces of Moxico, Lunda Sul, Lunda Norte and in the diaspora (DRC and Zambia). TC/YD/DOJ
