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The Lozi are a people dwelling in west-central Zambia who established a stable kingdom adjacent to the Zambezi River. Owing to a number of agreements and concessions with the British in the 1890's which were later included in the constitution of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), the Lozi retained noticeably more autonomy than usual and, after the independence of Zambia in 1964, were a source of turbulence inasmuch as there was a movement afoot in Barotseland to secede from Zambia and re-establish the old Kingdom.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nyambe | ? | ? | Mythological first king of Lozi. | Lozi | |
Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga | ? | ? | Mythologically a demigod. | Lozi | |
Inyambo | ? | ? | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Yeta I | ? | ? | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Numwa | ? | ? | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Ngalama | ? | ? | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Yeta II Malute | ? | ? | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Ngombala | ? | ? | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Yubya Lukama | ? | ? | Regent | Aluyana | Lozi |
Mwanawina I | ? | ? | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Mwanayanda Liwale | ? | 1812 | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Mulambwa Santulu | 1812 | 1830 | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Silumelume | 1830 | 1830 | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Mubukwanu | 1830 | 1838 | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Imasiku | 1838 | 1838 | Aluyana | Lozi | |
Sebetwane | 1838 | 1851 | Kololo | Lozi | |
Mamochisane | 1851 | 1851 | Female | Kololo | Lozi |
Sekeletu | 1851 | 1863 | Kololo | Lozi | |
Mambili | 1863 | 1863 | Opposed by Liswaniso. | Kololo | Lozi |
Liswaniso | 1863 | 1863 | Opposed by Mambili. | Kololo | Lozi |
Mbololo | 1863 | 1864 | Kololo | Lozi | |
Sipopa Lutangu | 1864 | 1876 | Lozi | ||
Mowa Mamili | 1876 | 1876 | Regent | Lozi | |
Mwanawina II | 1876 | 1878 | Lozi | ||
Lubosi I | 1878 | 1884 | Lozi | ||
Akufuna Tatila | 1884 | 1885 | Opposed by Sikufele. | Lozi | |
Sikufele | 1885 | 1885 | Opposed by Akufuna Tatila. | Lozi | |
Lubosi I (Lewanika I) | r. 1885 | 1916 | Lozi | ||
To British South African Company | 1890 | 1824 | Lozi | ||
Mokamba | 1916 | 1916 | Regent | Lozi | |
Yeta III | 1916 | 1945 | Lozi | ||
To British Protectorate | 1924 | 1953 | Lozi | ||
Shemakone Kalonga Wina | 1945 | 1946 | Regent | Lozi | |
Imwiko | 1946 | 1948 | Lozi | ||
Shemakone Kalonga Wina | r. 1948 | 1948 | Regent | Lozi | |
Mwanawina III | 1948 | 1968 | Lozi | ||
To Federation of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 1953 | 1963 | Lozi | ||
To Republic of Zambia | 1964 | 1977 | Lozi | ||
Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo | 1968 | 1968 | Regent | Lozi | |
Godwin Mbikusita Lewanika II | 1968 | 1977 | Lozi | ||
To Barotseland | 1977 | Present | Lozi | ||
Ilute Yeta IV | 1977 | 2000 | Lozi | ||
Lubosi II Imwiko | 2000 | Present | Lozi |
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