Sipopa Lutangu was the leader of the Lozi revolution and later a ''
Litunga'' (king) 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 ...
. 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
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, 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:
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His successor was
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References
Makololo interregnum and the legacy of David Livingstone(PDF)
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Litungas
19th-century monarchs in Africa
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing