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The Litunga of Barotseland (now in Zambia) is the king or paramount chief of the Lozi people. 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.^{[citation needed]}

The current Litunga is Lubosi II.

List of Litungas

Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)

Nyambe (god)^[1]
Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga (demigod)
Inyambo
Yeta I
Ngalama
Yeta II Nalute
Ngombala
Yubya
Mwanawina I
Mwananyanda Liwale (? – 1812)
Mulambwa Santulu (1812 – 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)

Sipopa Lutangu (1864 - 1876)^[2]
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)
Yeta III (1916 - 1945)
Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent (1st time) (1945 - 1946)
Imwiko Lewanika (1946 - 1948)
Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent (2nd time) (1948)
Mwanawina III (1948 - 1968)
Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo -Regent (1968)
Godwin Mbikusita Lewanika II (1968 - 1977)
Ilute Yeta IV (1977 - 2000)
Lubosi II Imwiko (2000–Present)

References

^ Egerton Sykes, Alan Kendall (2001). Who's who in non-classical mythology. Routledge. p. 144. ISBN 9780415260404. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
^ Family tree of Litungas

External links

Zambian Traditional States - World Statesment.org

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[1] Egerton Sykes, Alan Kendall (2001). Who's who in non-classical mythology. Routledge. p. 144. ISBN 9780415260404. Retrieved 2010-05-24.

[2] Family tree of Litungas

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 *[[Mokamba - Regent]] (1916)
 *[[Yeta III]] (1916 - 1945)
-*Shemakone Kalonga Wina -'''Regent''' (1st time) (1945 - 1946)
+*[[Shemakone Kalonga Wina]] -'''Regent''' (1st time) (1945 - 1946)
-*Imwiko Lewanika (1946 - 1948)
+*[[Imwiko Lewanika]] (1946 - 1948)
 *Shemakone Kalonga Wina -'''Regent''' (2nd time) (1948)
 *Mwanawina III (1948 - 1968)