Today
The Bakwa Dishi realm is composed of 23 different clans. Each clan is headed by a Chief. Here is the list of the different Bakwa Dishi clans:
- Mbayi
- Muyombo
- Nyandu
- Mbuyi
- Tshimuna
- Kayombo
- Tshimungu
- Kalonji
- Mpemba
- Ndumbi
- Kasansa
- Lukanda
- Kanda
- Kaye
- Mbadi
- Tshiala
- Mushingala
- Mbiya
- Mulenga
- Ntembwe
- Nsumba
- Mbwanga
- Lubashi
The ruling clan of the Bakwa Dishi is that of the Bena Mbayi (sons of Mbayi), which is led by the royal family under André-Philippe Futa. After the death of the Kazadi Diofua, the last King of the Bakwa Dishi; Futa who was the chosen heir was to young to rule. His father and uncles assumed the regency while he continued his studies which eventually took him overseas.
After many years out of the D. R. Congo, Andre-Philippe Futa was called by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo, hence came back and served in the government and eventually became Minister of Finance. During election 2006, he led the multi-party Alliance of the Presidential Majority (French: Alliance pour la majorité présidentielle, AMP) as Coordinator and helped Kabila win the election. He was elected Senator of Kasai Oriental in 2007.
Andre-Philippe Futa Mudiumbula Tshitumbu is planned to be recognized as the traditional ruler and crowned King of the Bakwa Dishi and Miabi.
Family tree of the Bakwa Dishi Royal Family:
1585 Foundation of the Luba Empire with Ilunga Mbili
1600’s Tshibinda Ilunga (Luba Prince and Emperor of the Lunda and brother to Kalala Ilunga Emperor of the Luba)
1600’s Mwata Mutomb (Emperor of the Lunda was the first Mwata Yamvo)
1600’s Mbuyi Tshitenge
1600’s Kamanga Matunlungu
1600’s Mwanza Mukala
Foundation of the Kingdom of the Bakwa Dishi
1600’s Mbayi Kafwemb (King of the Bakwa Dishi)
1700’s Mulumba Mungedi (Grand Chief of the Bena Mbayi)
1700’s Kalonji (Grand Chief of the Bena Mbayi)
1700’s Diala
1700’s Kalonji Bambakani (Chief of the Bena Mbayi)
1800’s Nsenda Kalubi
1800’s Tshipadi Tshikoni (Grand Chief of the Bena Mbayi)
1800’s Tshipadi Mfuta (Chief of the Bena Mbayi)
1910 Kabongo Mwabilayi (Chief of the Bena Mbayi and regent of the throne of the Bakwa Dishi and brother to Kazadi Diofua King of the Bakwa Dishi)
1943 Mbayi Futa Tshitumbu André-Philippe (Soon to be crowned King of the Bakwa Dishi and Miabi)
Grand Princes of the Bakwa Dishi
1969 Kabongo Mwabilayi Jean-Philippe
1971 Mbuyamba Kalambayi Jean-Juin
1973 Mulumba Mungedi Bashadila Jean-Leon
1976 Kazadi Diofua Jean-Jacques
1980 Mbombo Kalanga Jean-Joseph
1982 Babaka Kankolongo André-Marie
1993 Mvidié Ntambwe Jean-Laurent
Princesses of the Bakwa Dishi
1968 Ntumba Bilema Melanie
1987 Mpunga Carole
1990 Odia Tshiamboya Marie-Madeleine
Read more about this topic: Bakwa Dishi Tribe
Famous quotes containing the word today:
“Give me today, for once, the worst throw of your dice, destiny. Today I transmute everything into gold.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.”
—Elias Canetti (b. 1905)
“As yesterday and the historical ages are past, as the work of today is present, so some flitting perspectives and demi-experiences of the life that is in nature are in time veritably future, or rather outside of time, perennial, young, divine, in the wind and rain which never die.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)