Diambi Kabatusuila
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Diambi Kabatusuila | |
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 Kabatusuila visiting 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]
Early life
[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 the Congo.[3]
Activism
[edit]She is an environmental activist.[4][5]
In 2021, she visited the University of Exeter to speak on plastic pollution[6] and later addressed the Oxford Union.[7]
Filmography
[edit]- African Queens (2023)[8]
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
- ↑ "About :: queendiambi.org". www.queendiambi.org (in Danish). 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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.
Categories:
- 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