The Litunga of

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(now in

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) is the king of the

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people. The ''Litunga'' resides near the

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and the town of

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, at

Lealui Lealui or Lialui is the dry season residence on the Barotse Floodplain of the Litunga, king of the Lozi people of western Zambia. It is located about 14 km west of the town of Mongu and about 10 km east of the river's main channel. At ...

on the floodplain in the dry season, and on higher ground at

Limulunga Limulunga is one of the two compounds of the Litunga, king of the Lozi people of western Zambia. It lies on high ground at the edge of the Barotse Floodplain of the Zambezi river, about 15 km north of the town of Mongu and 21 km east o ...

on the edge of the floodplain in the wet season. The ''Litunga'' moves between these locations in what is known as the

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ceremony. The current ''Litunga'' is Lubosi II.

List of Litungas

Rulers (title ''Mbumu wa Litunga'')

Nyambe Nyambe is God of the Bassa, Cameroon. References Religion in Cameroon Bassa people (Cameroon) {{Cameroon-stub ...

(god) * Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga (demigod) *

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". ...

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. ...

Ngalama ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Ngalama was a High Chief of Lozi people in Barotseland Zambia, Africa. Biography Ngalama was a son of Prince Ingulamwa, Chief of Mokola, who was a son of Queen Mbuymamwambwa. He was adopted by his paternal ...

Yeta II Nalute ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Yeta II Nalute was an African High Chief, king of the Lozi people and Barotseland in Zambia.''Bulozi Under the Luyana Kings'' by Mutumba Mainga Biography Yeta was a son of the Great King Ngalama and grandson ...

Ngombala ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Ngombala was a Great Chief of the Lozi people in Zambia, in Africa.''Seven Tribes of British Central Africa'' by Elizabeth Colson, Max Gluckman Biography Ngombala was a younger son of the Chief Ngalama and wa ...

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 ...

Mwanawina I Mwanawina I was a ''Litunga'' (king or chief) of Barotseland in Africa. Biography Mwanawina was the youngest son of Prince Mbanga, 1st Chief of Nalolo, and brother to the king Yubya I. His mother was princess Notulu. He succeeded on the death ...

Mwananyanda Liwale ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Mwananyanda Liwale was a King of Barotseland in Zambia, very unpopular ruler. Biography Family Mwananyanda was the second son of the King Mwanawina I and grandson of Prince Mbanga and Princess Notulu. His ...

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 ...

(1780 – 1830) *

Silumelume ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Selumelume Muimui (or Silumelume) was a Chief of Barotseland in Africa. Family and life Silumelume was a son of the King Mulambwa Santulu and thus grandson of King Mwanawina I. Lozi people believed that he wa ...

(1830) – Son of Mulambwa *

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 Santul ...

(1830 - 1838) – Son of Mulambwa *Imasiku (1838) – Son of Mubukwanu

Makololo chiefs (title ''Morêna'')

Sebetwane Sebetwane (between about 1790 and 1800 – July 7, 1851) was chief of the Patsa branch of the Bafokeng clan. He established the large and powerful Makololo nation in what is now southwestern Zambia after an arduous migration of over 1200 ki ...

(1838 - 1851) *

Mamochisane Mamochisane (fl. 1851) was a Makololo Queen who ruled over many people, but especially the Lozi in Barotseland, today's Western Zambia, in 1851. She was later a wife of King Sipopa Lutangu. Biography Mamochisane was a daughter of the King Sebet ...

(female) (1851) – Daughter of Sebetwane *

Sekeletu Sekeletu (c. 1835–1863) was the Makololo King of Barotseland in western Zambia from about 1851 to his death in 1863. Biography Sekeletu was a son of the King Sebetwane and Queen Setlutlu. He succeeded his half-sister Mamochisane, who h ...

(1851 - 1863) – Son of Sebetwane and

Setlutlu Setlutlu was a Queen as a consort of King Sebetwane, chief of Makololo tribe. She is also known as Masekeletu. Her brother-in-law was the king Mbololo. Biography Sebetwane originally awarded Setlutlu to Lechae, one of his young commanders. La ...

* Mambili (1863) * Liswaniso (in rebellion) (1863) * Mbololo (1863 - 1864) – Brother of Sebetwane

Rulers (title ''Mbumu wa Litunga'')

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 Mbo ...

(1864 - 1876) *

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– Regent (1876) * Mwanawina II (1876 - 1878) * Lubosi I (1st time) (1878 - 1884) * Akufuna Tatila (1884 - 1885) *Sikufele (in rebellion) (1885) * Lubosi I (Lewanika I) (2nd time) (1885 - 1916) * Mokamba - Regent (1916) *

Yeta III Yeta III was a king of Barotseland, of the Lozi people in what is now Western Zambia. Family The parents of Yeta were King Lewanika and Queen Ma-Litia. Yeta married a woman called Kumayo who became his consort at Sefula Church in 1892. They w ...

(1916 - 1945) * Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent (1st time) (1945 - 1946) * Imwiko Lewanika (1946 - 1948) *Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent (2nd time) (1948) * Mwanawina III (1948 - 1968) * Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo -Regent (1968) * Godwin Mbikusita

Lewanika II Lewanika (1842–1916) (also known as Lubosi, Lubosi Lewanika or Lewanika I) was the Lozi Litunga (King) of Barotseland from 1878 to 1916 (with a break in 1884-5). A detailed, although biased, description of King 'Lubossi' (the spelling used) can ...

(1968 - 1977) * Ilute Yeta IV (1977 - 2000) * Lubosi II Imwiko (2000–Present)

References

{{Reflist Barotseland History of Zambia Zambian culture * Titles of national or ethnic leadership