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Litunga
The Litunga of Barotseland (now in Zambia) is the king of the Barotse people. The ''Litunga'' resides near the Zambezi River and the town of Mongu, at Lealui on the floodplain in the dry season, and on higher ground at Limulunga on the edge of the floodplain in the wet season. The ''Litunga'' moves between these locations in what is known as the Kuomboka ceremony. The current ''Litunga'' is Lubosi II. List of Litungas Rulers (title ''Mbumu wa Litunga'') *Nyambe (god) * Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga (demigod) *Inyambo *Yeta I *Ngalama *Yeta II Nalute *Ngombala *Yubya *Mwanawina I *Mwananyanda Liwale *Mulambwa Santulu (1780 – 1830) *Silumelume (1830) – Son of Mulambwa *Mubukwanu (1830 - 1838) – Son of Mulambwa *Imasiku (1838) – Son of Mubukwanu Makololo chiefs (title ''Morêna'') *Sebetwane (1838 - 1851) *Mamochisane (female) (1851) – Daughter of Sebetwane *Sekeletu (1851 - 1863) – Son of Sebetwane and Setlutlu * Mambili (1863) * Liswaniso (in rebellion) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barotseland
Barotseland ( Lozi: Mubuso Bulozi) is a region between Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe including half of eastern and northern provinces of Zambia and the whole of Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga Province. It is the homeland of the Lozi people or ''Barotse'', or Malozi, who are a unified group of over 46 individual formerly diverse tribes related through kinship, whose original branch are the Luyi (Maluyi), and also assimilated Southern Sotho tribe of South Africa known as the Makololo. The Barotse speak Silozi, a language most closely related to Sesotho. Barotseland covers an area of 252,386 square kilometres, but is estimated to have been twice as large at certain points in its history. Once an empire, the Kingdom stretched into Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe including half of eastern and northern provinces of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga Province. Under the British colonial administration, Barotseland was a Protectorate of the Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barotse
Lozi people, or Barotse, are a southern African ethnic group who speak Lozi or Silozi, a Sotho–Tswana language. The Lozi people consist of more than 46 different ethnic groups and are primarily situated between Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe including half of eastern and northern province of Zambia inhabiting the region of Barotseland. Lozi is also a nationality of the people of Barotseland, an amalgamation of several smaller ethnic groups and tribes. The Lozi people number approximately 5,575,000. Lozi are also found in Zambia, Namibia (Caprivi Strip), Angola, Botswana, Mozambique (50,000), and Zimbabwe (8,000). The Lozi are also known as the Malozi, Nyambe, Makololo, Barotose, Rotse, Rozi, Rutse, Baloyi, Balobedu or Tozvi. Name The word Lozi means 'plain' in the Makololo language, in reference to the Barotse Floodplain of the Zambezi on and around which most Lozi live. It may also be spelled Lotse or Rotse, the spelling Lozi having originated with German missionaries in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuomboka
Kuomboka is a word in the Lozi language; it literally means ‘to get out of water’. In today's Zambia it is applied to a traditional ceremony that takes place at the end of the rain season, when the upper Zambezi River floods the plains of the Western Province. The festival celebrates the move of the Litunga, king of the Lozi people, from his compound at Lealui in the Barotse Floodplain of the Zambezi River to Limulunga on higher ground. The return trip is usually held in August with a less publicized journey called the Kufuluhela. History Historians claim that before the time of the first known male Lozi chief Mboo, there came a great flood called Meyi-a-Lungwangwa meaning "the waters that swallowed everything." The vast plain was covered in the deluge, all animals died and every farm was swept away. People were afraid to escape the flood in their little dugout canoes. So it was that the high god, Nyambe, ordered a man called Nakambela to build the first great canoe, Nal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European exploration of Africa, European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mubukwanu
''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Mubukwanu (died c. 1840) was a High Chief of the Lozi people, King of Barotseland in Africa. He quarrelled with his brother Silumelume. Biography Family Mubukwanu was a son of the Chief Mulambwa Santulu and grandson of Chief Mwanawina I. His younger brother was Chief Silumelume, successor of their father. According to Mutumba Mainga, Mubukwanu was the father of Sipopa Lutangu. Reign Mubukwanu wanted to be a king and he began to rule after Silumelume was killed. It is possible that Mubukwanu ordered murder of his brother. Mubukwanu was also the 6th Chief of Nalolo, but was defeated and exiled by the Makololo, after their conquest of Barotseland. He then fled into hiding on Lipu Island. He was poisoned by his wife at Lukulu Fort, ca. 1840.''Your friend. Lewanika: the life and times of Lubosi Lewanika, Litunga of Barotseland 1842 to 1916'' by Gervas Clay Children Mubukwanu had six sons: *Prince Alikunda *King Sipopa Lutangu *Prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mwanawina II
Mwanawina II was a King or Chief of the Lozi people in Zambia, Africa, a member of the third dynasty of ''Litungas''. His full title was ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga''. Biography Family Mwanawina was a son of Prince Sibeso, who was a son of the King Mulambwa Santulu. Sibeso was killed in 1863. Siblings of Mwanawina were Chief Musiwa and one more chief (name unknown). He became a king after his uncles Silumelume and Mubukwanu. Reign Mwanawina was proclaimed king at Katongo. His daughter was named Mwangala, but her mother is not known. Mwanawina appointed Mwangala when she was one year old to the throne in the south. He was deposed and expelled by his nobles and killed (poisoned or starved to death) on an island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ... near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yubya
''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Yubya I was a High Chief or King of Barotseland in Zambia, Africa, one of the sacred Lozi chiefs. Biography Family and marriage He was a son of Prince Mbanga and Princess Notulu III and grandson of the Chief Ngombala. Yubya was a regent for his grandfather, during his old age. He succeeded on his death. His wife was Namoyowa ta lole and his son was prince Kusiyo, 5th Chief of Nalolo, who opposed the succession of his cousin Mulambwa Santulu Mulambwa Santulu (born Maimbolwa Santulu) was the 10th ''litunga'' (king) of Barotseland who ruled from 1780 to 1830. He is one of the most fondly remembered Luyana kings. He is famous for introducing a series of reforms such as a new constitution .... Death He died at Namayula and was buried there. References {{Litungas of Barotseland Litungas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sipopa Lutangu
Sipopa Lutangu was the leader of the Lozi revolution and later a ''Litunga'' (king) of the Lozi people. He ruled from 1864 to 1876. Biography Sipopa (also known as Lutangu) was the son of the former Lozi King, Mubukwanu. He was a successor of Mbololo (king), Mbololo, who was a very cruel king. Sipopa's reign started in 1864. Some Lozi contenders for power accused Sipopa of retaining the customs of the Makololo tribe (including the base of the language). He took Queen Mamochisane for a wife. She was the daughter of Sebetwane and sister of Sekeletu, who was a leper. Mamochisane was widely respected throughout Barotseland and Sipopa could well have simply been following a tradition that Sekeletu had followed whereby, when a chief had died, the wife or wives of the deceased were inherited and cared for by the new chief. His daughter married a surviving Makololo man by the name of Manengo. Sipopa had a sister called Kandundu and many sons: columns His successor was Mowa Mamili. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbololo (king)
Mbololo (or Mpololo) was a Litunga (chief) of Makololo tribe, a successor of Liswaniso. He ruled from 1863 to 1864. He was the last king of the Makololo dynasty. Biography Family Mbololo was a brother of the King Sebetwane and uncle of the Queen Mamochisane and King Sekeletu. Reign He was a successor of the king Liswaniso and he seized the kingship in 1863. He was even more unpopular then Sekeletu. He was very cruel and was overthrown by a force led by a Lozi contingent from the north in August 1864. After his death general Njekwa destroyed Makololo. View of Coillard The French missionary François Coillard, who had read much of David Livingstone David Livingstone (; 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of t ...’s work noted: SourcesMakololo interregnum and the legacy of David Livingstone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo Wa Mulonga
''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga was a mythical ruler, High chief of the Lozi people in Zambia, Africa. He was a king of Lozi and demigod, one of the sacred high chiefs of Barotseland. Biography His father was god Nyame and his mother was mortal queen named Mbuymamwambwa, a daughter of Mwambwa. He was a stepson of goddess Asase Ya Asase Ya/Afua (or Asase Yaa, Asaase Yaa, Asaase Afua, Asaase Efua) is the goddess of fertility, love, procreation, peace, truth and the dry and lush earth of the Akan of Ghana and Ivory Coast. She is also Mother of the Dead known as Mother Earth .... He was chosen as the first male ruler of the Lozi and extended his realm by conquering the ba-Mishulundu, ba-Namale, ba-Mulinga, ba-Upangoma, ba-Liuwa, ba-Muenyi and the Mambowe. His wife was Chiefess Malundwelo. He died at Ikatulamwa and is buried there. References {{Litungas of Barotseland Litungas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inyambo
''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Inyambo was a Great African Chief of the Lozi people in Barotseland, Zambia, one of the first kings of the Lozi, and likely a mythical ruler or demigod. Biography He is called "the son Nyambe of Mbuymamwambwa". Nyambe (or Nyame) is a Sky deity and Mbuymamwambwa is his Queen consort. He was a successor of his brother Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga. His consorts were queens named Namwele and Maondo. Namwele borne him a son named Numwa. He died at Liondo and his successor was Yeta I ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Yeta I was a High Chief of the Lozi people in Barotseland, Africa. Family It is said that he was a son of the first Lozi king Nyame, by his second wife, queen Mwambwa. Nyame is a Sky god in African mythology. .... References {{Litungas of Barotseland Litungas Lozi people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeta I
''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Yeta I was a High Chief of the Lozi people in Barotseland, Africa. Family It is said that he was a son of the first Lozi king Nyame, by his second wife, queen Mwambwa. Nyame is a Sky god in African mythology. It is believed that Mwambwa was a historical person, the Lunda woman.''Lozi'' by Ernest Douglas Brown He succeeded on the death of his brother Inyambo ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Inyambo was a Great African Chief of the Lozi people in Barotseland, Zambia, one of the first kings of the Lozi, and likely a mythical ruler or demigod. Biography He is called "the son Nyambe of Mbuymamwambwa". ... and married Namabanda. He died at Namanda and was buried there. References {{Litungas of Barotseland Litungas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
