Diambi Kabatusuila

Diambi Kabatusuila
Kabatusuila visiting the Heitor Villa-Lobos Municipal School in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Born
Belgium
EducationCollege of Staten Island
OccupationQueen of the Bakwa Luntu tribe from Kasaï Central
Websitehttps://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

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

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HRH Queen Diambi – The Oxford Union – the world's foremost debating society". Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  2. ↑ HRH Queen Diambi of The Democratic Republic of Congo | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union, 12 December 2021, retrieved 2021-12-14
  3. ↑ "About :: queendiambi.org". www.queendiambi.org (in Danish). 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Conversation with a queen – Dr. Eric Griggs and Queen Diambi Kabatusuila, 26 April 2019, retrieved 2021-12-14
  6. ↑ "African ruler meets plastic free ocean leaders in Exeter". BBC News. 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  7. ↑ "Queen visits Oxford to speak to students". Oxford Mail. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  8. ↑ "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.
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