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'''Queen Diambi Kabatusuila Tshiyoyo Muata''' is the traditional queen of the Bakwa Luntu tribe of [[Kasaï-Central|Central Kasaï]] in the historic [[Kingdom of Luba]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=HRH Queen Diambi – The Oxford Union – the world's foremost debating society|url=https://oxford-union.org/event/hrh-queen-diambi-her-royal-highness-of-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/|access-date=2021-12-14|language=en-GB}}</ref>

Her name means "the bearer of good news".<ref>{{Citation|title=HRH Queen Diambi of The Democratic Republic of Congo {{!}} Full Address and Q&A {{!}} Oxford Union|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U70GUvTDWcM|language=en|access-date=2021-12-14}}</ref> She Holds the title of Mukalenga Mukaji wa Nkashama wa Bakwa Luntu wa Baluba wa Kasaï wa Congo that means "Woman King of the Order of the Leopard of the Bakwa Luntu People who are from the Luba group of Kasaï in the Democratic Republic of Congo."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-04-09 |title=About :: queendiambi.org |url=https://www.queendiambi.org/om-mig/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=www.queendiambi.org |language=da}}</ref>{{COI|date=August 2023}}{{puffery inline|date=August 2023}}

She was born in Belgium to a Belgian mother and Congolese father who was a diplomat in Belgium at that time. She grew up in [[Kinshasa]], capital of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of Congo]].<ref name=":0" />{{COI|date=August 2023}}{{puffery inline|date=August 2023}}

She graduated from the [[College of Staten Island]] as the valedictorian in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conversation with Her Majesty Queen Diambi Kabatusuila Tshiyoyo Muata |url=https://www.cuny.edu/about/university-resources/qd_conversation/ |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=The City University of New York |language=en}}</ref>

She is an environmental activist.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-26|title=Meet Queen Diambi, ruler of the Bakwa Luntu people of DRC who is leading war against plastic|url=https://face2faceafrica.com/article/meet-queen-diambi-ruler-of-the-bakwa-luntu-people-of-drc-who-is-leading-war-against-plastic|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Face2Face Africa|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Conversation with a queen – Dr. Eric Griggs and Queen Diambi Kabatusuila|url=https://www.fox8live.com/video/2019/04/26/conversation-with-queen-dr-eric-griggs-queen-diambi-kabatusuila/|language=en|access-date=2021-12-14}}</ref> She attended [[Davos]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-01-27|title=Cannabis comes to Davos, sharing spotlight with global elites - BNN Bloomberg|url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/cannabis-comes-to-davos-sharing-spotlight-with-global-elites-1.1204597|access-date=2021-12-14|website=BNN}}</ref>

In October 2021, she visited the [[University of Exeter]] and spoke on [[plastic pollution]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-10-25|title=African ruler meets plastic free ocean leaders in Exeter|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-59036744|access-date=2021-12-14}}</ref> In November 2021, she addressed the [[Oxford Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queen visits Oxford to speak to students|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19690971.queen-diambi-dr-congo-visits-oxford-union/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Oxford Mail|language=en}}</ref>

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