LOZI

(BAROTSELAND)
GENEALOGY
1878-1884
&1885-1916 Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga
Lewanika la Matunga Mwana Kokoma Milonga [Lubosi I],
Litunga of the Lozi and Paramount Chief of Borotseland. b.
in the Nyengo country, 1842, as Prince (Mwana' Mulena)
Lubosi, son of Prince Mando, by his wife, Inonge, after
she had married Prince Litia Mulumbwa. Proclaimed after
the deposition of his cousin. Enthroned at Namoyamenenwa,
August 1878. Removed his capital from Sesheke to Lealui
in 1878. Deposed and expelled by the Induna
Mata'a, September 1884. Fled into Angola. Returned and
rgained the throne by force of arms, 4th
November 1885. Accepted a British Protectorate with a
Resident Commissioner 27th June 1890. By 1893
he had set up his own police force, forbidden witchcraft
and trial by orderal, reformed the marriage laws,
outlawed human sacrifice and intoxicating liquors. He
abolished the slave trade and slavery amongst the Barotse
1895, and all forms of domestic bondage and the
enslavement of conquered tribes on 16th July
1906. Attended the Coronations of King Edward VII and
Queen Alexandra at Westminster Abbey in London in 1902,
and King George V and Queen Mary in 1911. Rcvd:
King Edward VII (1902) and King George V (1911) Coron.
medals. m. several wives, including, (a) at
Likapai, after 1863, Linalinga Ma-Litia. m.
(b) before 1886, Moyoo Ma-Waramba, his chief wife.
m. (c) Linalinga Mawana Amatende (d.
after 1917). He d. at Lealui Palace, 4th
February 1916 (bur. Nanikelako), having had issue,
thirty-five children, including nine sons and six
daughters, by different wives:
1916 - 1945 Mulena
Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Yeta III, Litunga of the
Lozi and Paramount Chief of Borotseland, CBE (c.
1.1.1946). b. at Likapai, 1871, as Prince (Mwana'
Mulena) Litia Lewanika, eldest son of Mulena
Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Lewanika la Matunga Mwana
Kokoma Milonga, Litunga of the Lozi and Paramount Chief
of Borotseland, by his wife, Ma-Litia, educ. Paris
Missionary Soc. Sch., Sefula. Converted to Christianity
during his stay in Bechuanaland, 1891. Installed as Chief
of Kazungula, 1894. Installed as Heir Apparent by his
father with the title of Mulena of Sesheke, 1897.
Baptised 25th May 1899. Proclaimed on the
death of his father as Yeta III, 8th March
1916. Enthroned at Lealui, 13th March 1916.
Abolished the traditional system of corvee, the
last vestige of slavery, 1st April 1925.
Attended the Coronation of King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey in London, 1937. Suffered
a severe stroke which caused partial paralysis and loss
of speech in early 1939. Appointed a Council of Regency,
headed by the Ngambela Munalula, and three senior
officials. Abdicated in favour of his younger brother, 20
th June 1945. Rcvd: King George V
Silver Jubilee (1935) and King George VI Coron. (1937)
medals. m. (first) at Sefula Church, January 1892,
Moyoo Kumayo, baptised with her husband 25th
May 1899, daughter of an Induna. m.
(second), Linalinga
. He had issue, five
sons and four daughters:Copyright©Christopher Buyers, November 2004 - July 2008