Setlutlu was a Queen as a consort of King

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 kil ...

, chief of

Makololo tribe 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 an ...

. 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. Later she married Sebetwane. She bore him a son

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 ha ...

, who later became a ruler.

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 ...

met the queen at Naliele. She had much influence over the commanders that Sibituane left. Setlutlu was a grandmother of Princes Litali and Sesane.

Literature

Makololo interregnum and the legacy of David Livingstone
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