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Litunga

PredecessorSipopa
Mowa Mamili (regent)

Born19th century
Barotseland

Died1879
Island near Ng’ambwe

Mwanawina II
Litunga
Mwanawina II in the book Seven Years in South Africa (1881)
Litunga of Barotseland
Predecessor	Sipopa Mowa Mamili (regent)
Successor	Lewanika

Born	19th century Barotseland
Died	1879 Island near Ng’ambwe
Consort	Unknown
Issue	Mwangala
Father	Sibeso
Mother	One princess

Mwanawina II was a king or chief of the Lozi people in Zambia, Africa, a member of the third dynasty of Litungas. His full title was Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga.

Family

Mwanawina was a son of Prince Sibeso, who was a son of the King Mulambwa Santulu. Sibeso was killed in 1863.^{[citation needed]}

Siblings of Mwanawina were Chief Musiwa and one more chief (name unknown).

He became a king after his uncles Silumelume and Mubukwanu.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reign

Mwanawina was proclaimed king at Katongo. His daughter was named Mwangala, but her mother is not known.^[4]

Mwanawina appointed Mwangala when she was one year old to the throne in the south.

He was deposed and expelled by his nobles and killed (poisoned or starved to death) on an island near Ng'ambwe in 1879.^[5]

Sources

↑ Kingdoms of the savanna by Jan Vansina
↑ A history of Africa in the 19th century by Esther I. Njiro
↑ The Elites of Barotseland, 1878-1969 by Gerald L. Caplan
↑ On the Threshold of Central Africa: A Record of Twenty Years' Pioneering among the Barotsi by François Coillard and Catharine Winkworth Mackintosh
↑ Emil Holub's Travels North of the Zambezi, 1885-6 by Emil Holub

Makololo interregnum and the legacy of David Livingstone (PDF)

v t e Rulers of Barotseland
Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)	Nyambe (god) 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) Sekeletu (1851–1863) Mambili (1863) Liswaniso (in rebellion) (1863) Mbololo (1863–1864) – Brother of Sebetwane
Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)	Sipopa Lutangu (1864–1876) 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)

Reign

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