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The '''Litunga''' of [[Barotseland]] (now in [[Zambia]]) is the king of the [[Lozi people|Barotse people]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Litungas of Barotseland |url=http://www.barotseland.net/litunga1.htm |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=www.barotseland.net}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kuomboka Ceremony of the Lozi People: Mongu, Zambia|url=http://wp5.developmenteducation.ie/gallery/kuomboka-ceremony-of-the-lozi-people-mongu-zambia-april-2009/|website=DevelopmentEducation.ie|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> | |||
The current ''Litunga'' is [[Lubosi II]]. | |||
==List of Litungas== | |||
===Rulers (title ''Mbumu wa Litunga'')=== | |||
*[[Nyambe]] (god)<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's who in non-classical mythology |author=Egerton Sykes, Alan Kendall |year=2001 |publisher=Routledge |isbn= 9780415260404 |page=144 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlRaVT1DOW8C&dq=Ashanti&pg=PA146 |access-date=2010-05-24}}</ref> | |||
*[[Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga]] (demigod) | |||
*[[Inyambo]] | |||
*[[Yeta I]] | |||
*[[Ngalama]] | |||
*[[Yeta II Nalute]] | |||
*[[Ngombala]] | |||
*[[Yubya]] | |||
*[[Mwanawina I]] | |||
*[[Mwananyanda Liwale]] | |||
*[[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 | |||
*[[Sekeletu]] (1851 - 1863) – Son of Sebetwane and [[Setlutlu]] | |||
*[[Mambili]] (1863) | |||
*[[Liswaniso]] (in rebellion) (1863) | |||
*[[Mbololo (king)|Mbololo]] (1863 - 1864) – Brother of Sebetwane | |||
===Rulers (title ''Mbumu wa Litunga'')=== | |||
*[[Sipopa Lutangu]] (1864 - 1876)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Holub |first=Emil |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Seven_Years_in_South_Africa/Volume_2/Chapter_7 |title=Seven Years in South Africa, volume 2}}</ref> | |||
*[[Mowa Mamili]] – Regent (1876) | |||
*[[Mwanawina II]] (1876 - 1878) | |||
*[[Lewanika|Lubosi I]] (1st time) (1878 - 1884) | |||
*[[Akufuna Tatila]] (1884 - 1885) | |||
*Sikufele (in rebellion) (1885) | |||
*[[Lewanika|Lubosi I]] (Lewanika I) (2nd time) (1885 - 1916) | |||
*[[Mokamba - Regent]] (1916) | |||
*[[Yeta III]] (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]] (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== | |||
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[[Category:Barotseland]] | |||
[[Category:History of Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:Litungas]] | |||
[[Category:Traditional rulers in Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:Culture and traditions of Zambia]] |
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