# Litunga

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Not to be confused with [Litungu](/source/Litungu).

The ***Litunga*** of [Barotseland](/source/Barotseland) (in [Zambia](/source/Zambia)) is the King of the [Lozi people](/source/Lozi_people) (also called "Barotse").[1] The *Litunga* resides near the [Zambezi River](/source/Zambezi_River) and the town of [Mongu](/source/Mongu), at [Lealui](/source/Lealui) on the floodplain in the dry season, and on higher ground at [Limulunga](/source/Limulunga) on the edge of the floodplain in the wet season. The *Litunga* moves between these locations in what is known as the [Kuomboka](/source/Kuomboka) ceremony.[2]

The current *Litunga* is Lubosi [Imwiko II](/source/Imwiko_II).

## List of *Litunga*

See also: [Lozi Kingdom#List of rulers](/source/Lozi_Kingdom#List_of_rulers)

### Rulers (title *Mbumu wa Litunga*)

- [Nyambe](/source/Nyambe) (god)[3]
- [Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga](/source/Mwanasolundwi_Muyunda_Mumbo_wa_Mulonga) (demigod)
- [Inyambo](/source/Inyambo)
- [Yeta I](/source/Yeta_I)
- [Ngalama](/source/Ngalama)
- [Yeta II Nalute](/source/Yeta_II_Nalute)
- [Ngombala](/source/Ngombala)
- [Yubya](/source/Yubya)
- [Mwanawina I](/source/Mwanawina_I)
- [Mwananyanda Liwale](/source/Mwananyanda_Liwale)
- [Mulambwa Santulu](/source/Mulambwa_Santulu) (1780 – 1830)
- [Silumelume](/source/Silumelume) (1830) – Son of Mulambwa
- [Mubukwanu](/source/Mubukwanu) (1830 - 1838) – Son of Mulambwa
- Imasiku (1838) – Son of Mubukwanu

### Makololo chiefs (title *Morêna*)

- [Sebetwane](/source/Sebetwane) (1838 - 1851)
- [Mamochisane](/source/Mamochisane) (female) (1851) – Daughter of Sebetwane
- [Sekeletu](/source/Sekeletu) (1851 - 1863) – Son of Sebetwane and [Setlutlu](/source/Setlutlu)
- [Mambili](/source/Mambili) (1863)
- [Liswaniso](/source/Liswaniso) (in rebellion) (1863)
- [Mbololo](/source/Mbololo_(king)) (1863 - 1864) – Brother of Sebetwane

### Rulers (title *Mbumu wa Litunga*)

- [Sipopa Lutangu](/source/Sipopa_Lutangu) (1864 - 1876)[4]
- [Mowa Mamili](/source/Mowa_Mamili) – Regent (1876)
- [Mwanawina II](/source/Mwanawina_II) (1876 - 1878)
- [Lubosi I](/source/Lewanika) (1st time) (1878 - 1884)
- [Akufuna Tatila](/source/Akufuna_Tatila) (1884 - 1885)
- Sikufele (in rebellion) (1885)
- [Lubosi I](/source/Lewanika) (Lewanika I) (2nd time) (1885 - 1916)
- [Mokamba - Regent](/source/Mokamba_-_Regent) (1916)
- Litia [Yeta III](/source/Yeta_III) (1916 - 1945), eldest son of Lewanika I
- [Shemakone Kalonga Wina](/source/Shemakone_Kalonga_Wina) -**Regent** (1st time) (1945 - 1946)
- [Imwiko Lewanika](/source/Imwiko_Lewanika) (Imwiko I) (1946 - 1948), third son of Lewanika I
- Shemakone Kalonga Wina -**Regent** (2nd time) (1948)
- [Mwanawina III](/source/Mwanawina_III) (1948 - 1968), fifth son of Lewenika I
- [Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo](/source/Hastings_Ndangwa_Noyoo) -**Regent** (1968)
- [Godwin Mbikusita-Lewanika](/source/Godwin_Mbikusita-Lewanika) (Lewanika II) (1968 - 1977), ninth son of Lewanika I
- Ilute [Yeta IV](/source/Yeta_IV) (1977 - 2000), son of Yeta III
- Lubosi [Imwiko II](/source/Imwiko_II) (2000–Present), son of Imwiko Lewanika

## References

1. ["Litungas of Barotseland"](http://www.barotseland.net/litunga1.htm). *www.barotseland.net*. Retrieved 2022-05-29.

1. ["Kuomboka Ceremony of the Lozi People: Mongu, Zambia"](http://wp5.developmenteducation.ie/gallery/kuomboka-ceremony-of-the-lozi-people-mongu-zambia-april-2009/). *DevelopmentEducation.ie*. Retrieved 2020-05-24.

1. Egerton Sykes, Alan Kendall (2001). [*Who's who in non-classical mythology*](https://books.google.com/books?id=xlRaVT1DOW8C&dq=Ashanti&pg=PA146). Routledge. p. 144. ISBN 9780415260404. Retrieved 2010-05-24.

1. Holub, Emil. [*Seven Years in South Africa, volume 2*](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Seven_Years_in_South_Africa/Volume_2/Chapter_7)

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