Makono
CountryZambia
ProvinceWestern Province
DistrictKalabo District
Time zoneCAT (UTC+2)
Coordinates15°08′S 22°57′E[1]: 427

Makono is a settlement in Western Province, Zambia.[1]: 427 It is home to the grave of Mbuyu, a female ancestress from whom all Litunga of Barotseland are held to have descended. Special rites are performed at Makono during a new Litunga's installation ritual.[2]

References

  1. ^ Strenger, Thomas J. (1983). Gazetteer of Zambia: Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Defense Mapping Agency.
  2. ^ Mainga, Mutumba (1972). "A History of Lozi Religion to the End of the Nineteenth Century". The Historical Study of African Religion. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-02206-5.