The Litunga of

Barotseland Barotseland (Lozi language, Lozi: ''Mubuso Bulozi'') is a region between Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe including half of north-western province, southern province, and parts of Lusaka Province, Lusaka, Central Province, Zambia, Central, ...

( in Zambia) is the King of the Barotse people. The ''Litunga'' resides near the

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and the town of Mongu, 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. A ...

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'')

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(god) * Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga (demigod) * Inyambo * Yeta I *

Ngalama ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Ngalama was a Tribal chief, 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 h ...

Yeta II Nalute ''Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga'' Yeta II Nalute was an African Tribal chief, 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 a ...

* Ngombala * Yubya * Mwanawina I * Mwananyanda Liwale *

Mulambwa Santulu Mulambwa Santulu (born Maimbolwa Santulu) was the 10th ''litunga'' (king) of Barotseland who ruled from 1780 to 1830.. He is famous for introducing a series of reforms such as a new constitution into the Lozi Kingdom. He has been called "Mulambw ...

(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 ...

(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 Santu ...

(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 ...

(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 S ...

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

Rulers (title ''Mbumu wa Litunga'')

* Sipopa Lutangu (1864 - 1876) * Mowa Mamili – Regent (1876) * Mwanawina II (1876 - 1878) * Lubosi I (1st time) (1878 - 1884) *

Akufuna Tatila Akufuna Tatila (died 1887) was a ''Litunga'', Chief of the Lozi people of Barotseland in Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square ...

(1884 - 1885) *Sikufele (in rebellion) (1885) * Lubosi I (Lewanika I) (2nd time) (1885 - 1916) * Mokamba - Regent (1916) *

Yeta III Yeta III CBE 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. T ...

(1916 - 1945), eldest son of Lewanika I * Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent (1st time) (1945 - 1946) * Imwiko Lewanika II (1946 - 1948), third son of Lewanika I *Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent (2nd time) (1948) * Mwanawina III (1948 - 1968), fifth son of Lewenika I * Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo -Regent (1968) * Godwin Mbikusita

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

(1968 - 1977), ninth son of Lewanika I * Ilute Yeta IV (1977 - 2000), son of Yeta III * Lubosi II Imwiko (2000–Present), son of Imwiko Lewanika II

References

{{Reflist Barotseland Culture of Zambia * Titles of national or ethnic leadership