Chalo Chatu:Today's featured article/July 21, 2016
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[[File:Script error: No such module "String".|border|120px |Lewanika photographed during his visit to Edinburgh in 1902 |link=File:Script error: No such module "String".]]
Lewanika photographed during his visit to Edinburgh in 1902
Lewanika (1842–1916) (also known as Lubosi Lewanika or Lewanika I) was the Lozi Litunga (king or paramount chief) of Barotseland from 1878 to 1916 (with a break in 1884-5). A detailed, although biased, description of King 'Lubossi' (the spelling used) can be found in the Portuguese explorer Alexandre de Serpa Pinto's 1878-1879 travel narrative Como eu atravessei a África (How I Crossed Africa, in English translation). (Full article...)
