Litunga

Not to be confused with Litungu.

Litunga of Barotseland
Incumbent
Imwiko II since October 2000
Details
Style	Mbumu wa Litunga

The Litunga of Barotseland (in Zambia) is the King of the Barotse people. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

The current Litunga is Lubosi Imwiko II.

List of Litungas

Royal standard of Barotseland

Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)

• Nyambe (god) ^[3]
• 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 (1863 - 1864) – Brother of Sebetwane

Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)

Mwanawina III with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan

Godwin Mbikusita-Lewanika with Indian politician R. R. Diwakar

• Sipopa Lutangu (1864 - 1876) ^[4]
• 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

References

1. "Litungas of Barotseland". www.barotseland.net. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
2. "Kuomboka Ceremony of the Lozi People: Mongu, Zambia". DevelopmentEducation.ie. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
3. Egerton Sykes, Alan Kendall (2001). Who's who in non-classical mythology. Routledge. p. 144. ISBN   9780415260404 . Retrieved 2010-05-24.
4. Holub, Emil. Seven Years in South Africa, volume 2.