Wikipedia / Litunga
Wikipedia / Litunga
The Litunga of Barotseland (in Zambia) is the King of the Lozi people (also called "Barotse"). 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 floodplain in the wet season. The Litunga moves between these locations in what is known as the Kuomboka ceremony.
The current Litunga is Lubosi Imwiko II.
List of Litunga
Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)
Nyambe (god)
Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga (demigod)
Mulambwa Santulu (1780 – 1830)
Silumelume (1830) – Son of Mulambwa
Mubukwanu (1830 - 1838) – Son of Mulambwa
Imasiku (1838) – Son of Mubukwanu
Makololo chiefs (title Morêna)
Sebetwane (1838 - 1851)
Mamochisane (female) (1851) – Daughter of Sebetwane
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 (1884 - 1885)
Sikufele (in rebellion) (1885)
Lubosi I (Lewanika I) (2nd time) (1885 - 1916)
Mokamba - Regent (1916)
Litia Yeta III (1916 - 1945), eldest son of Lewanika I
Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent (1st time) (1945 - 1946)
Imwiko Lewanika (Imwiko I) (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 (Lewanika II) (1968 - 1977), ninth son of Lewanika I
Ilute Yeta IV (1977 - 2000), son of Yeta III
Lubosi Imwiko II (2000–Present), son of Imwiko Lewanika
Litunga la Mboela
The kingdom's south is ruled by a woman, the Litunga la Mboela or "Queen of the South", and is subordinate to the north ruled by the Litunga.
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