''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa

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 ...

'' Mubukwanu (died c. 1840) was a High

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of the

Lozi people 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, Zimbab ...

, King of

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. He quarrelled with his brother

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 ...

Biography

Family

Mubukwanu was a son of the Chief

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 ...

and grandson of 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 ...

. His younger brother was Chief

, successor of their father. According to

Mutumba Mainga Mutumba Mainga or Mutumba Mainga Bull (born 1938) is a Zambian historian and politician. She was the first Zambian woman to gain a PhD,Mwila NtambiFormer nun, now mother, wife, headteacher ''Zambia Daily Mail'', March 16, 2018. the first Zambian wom ...

, Mubukwanu was the father of

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 ...

Reign

Mubukwanu wanted to be a

king King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

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 The Kololo or Makololo are a subgroup of the Sotho-Tswana people native to Southern Africa. In the early 19th century, they were displaced by the Zulu, migrating north to Barotseland, Zambia. They conquered the territory of the Luyana people and ...

, after their conquest of

. 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

*Prince Imasiku Mubukwanu *Prince Mwanawina Mubukwanu *Prince Mwangala Mubukwanu *Prince Musiwa Mubukwanu Imasiku was proclaimed king at Lukulu Fort after death of his father, but was defeated by the Makololo and fled with his followers across the

Kabompo River The Kabompo River is one of the main tributaries of the upper Zambezi River. It flows entirely in Zambia, rising to the east of the source of the Zambezi, in North-Western Province along the watershed between the Zambezi and Congo river basins w ...

, settling in the Lukwakwa country.

References

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