Mabale
Mabale lies near Mushenge, the site of Nsheng, capital of the Kuba federation. Between the Kasai, Sankuru and Lulua rivers, Kuba rulers presided over a collection of communities that included the Bushoong and Kete. Around 1625, Shyaam a-Mbul a Ngoong brought several chiefdoms together; later Kuba nobles commissioned elaborate raffia textiles, carved cups and masks for court ceremony.