Tambura

Tambura lies in the wooded country of western Equatoria, in the region associated with the Azande. Their history is linked to the Avongara ruling lineage, which emerged among communities of the Mbomu basin and expanded eastward. From the later eighteenth century this movement brought diverse peoples under the authority of Zande rulers. The resulting kingdoms occupied a broad country of forests, savanna and rivers between the Nile and Congo basins.