Kazembe

A large and vigorous Bantu state in what is now the Katanga region of the Congo (Dem.-Rep.). At the height of its power, c. 1800, it dominated the entire region of southeastern Congo, but factional disputes weakened the Kingdom which led to its collapse by the end of the century.

Ruler Name	Start Year	End Year	Notes	Kingdom
N'ganda Bilonda	c. 1710	c. 1745	Kazembe I	Kazembe
Kanyembo Mpemba	c. 1745	c. 1760	Kazembe II	Kazembe
Lukwesa Ilunga	c. 1760	1805	Kazembe III	Kazembe
Kanyembo Keleka Mayi	1805	1850	Kazembe IV	Kazembe
Kapumba Mwongo Mfwama	1850	1854	Kazembe V	Kazembe
Chinyanta Munona	1854	1862	Kazembe VI	Kazembe
Mwonga Nsemba	1862	1870	Kazembe VII	Kazembe
Chinkonkole Kafuti	1870	1872	Kazembe VIII	Kazembe
Lukwesa Mpanga Mabote	1872	1883	Kazembe IX	Kazembe
Kanyembo Ntemena	1883	1885	Kazembe X	Kazembe
Lukwesa Mpanga Mabote	r. 1885	1886	Kazembe IX	Kazembe
Kanyembo Ntemena	r. 1886	1904	Kazembe X	Kazembe
To Congo Free State Protectorate	1889	1908	Western portion to King Leopold II	Kazembe
To Belgian Congo	1908	1960		Kazembe
To Katanga	1960	1962		Kazembe
To Democratic Republic of Congo	1962	Present		Kazembe
To British South African Company	1889	1924	Eastern portion to British.	Kazembe
Mwonga Kapakata	1904	1919	Kazembe XI	Kazembe
Chinyanta Kasasa	1919	1936	Kazembe XII	Kazembe
To British Protectorate	1924	1953		Kazembe
Chinkonkole	1936	1941	Kazembe XIII	Kazembe
Shadreck Chinyanta Nankula	1941	1950	Kazembe XIV	Kazembe
Brown Ngombe	1950	1957	Kazembe XV	Kazembe
To Federation of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland	1953	1963		Kazembe
Kanyembo Kapema	1957	1961	Kazembe XVI	Kazembe
Paul Kanyembo Lutaba	1961	1983	Kazembe XVII	Kazembe
To Republic of Zambia	1964	Present		Kazembe
Munona Chinyanta	1983	1998	Kazembe XVIII	Kazembe
Paul Mpemba Kanyembo Kapale Mpalume	1998	Present	Kazembe XIX	Kazembe

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