The Litunga of Barotseland (Zambia) is the King of the Barotse 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.
The current Litunga is Lubosi Imwiko II.
List of Litungas
Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)
Makololo chiefs (title Morêna)
Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)
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Sipopa Lutangu (1864 - 1876)
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Mowa Mamili – Regent (1876)
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Mwanawina II (1876 - 1878)
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Lewanika (1st time) (1878 - 1884)
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Akufuna Tatila (1884 - 1885)
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Sikufele (in rebellion) (1885)
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Lewanika (Lewanika I) (2nd time) (1885 - 1916)
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Mokamba - Regent (1916)
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Litia Yeta III (1916 - 1945), eldest son of Lewanika I
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Shemakone Kalonga Wina - Regent (1st time) (1945 - 1946)
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Imwiko Lewanika (Imwiko I) (1946 - 1948), third son of Lewanika I
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Shemakone Kalonga Wina - Regent (2nd time) (1948)
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Mwanawina III (1948 - 1968), fifth son of Lewenika I
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Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo - Regent (1968)
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Godwin Mbikusita-Lewanika (Lewanika II) (1968 - 1977), ninth son of Lewanika I
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Ilute Yeta IV (1977 - 2000), son of Yeta III
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Lubosi Imwiko II (2000–Present), son of Imwiko Lewanika