This is the man that helped the Bembas of the Chitimukulu to defeat and expel Prince Lufo KaZwangendaba and his people from Bemba territory in 1869. Although commonly known as Tipu Tipu, his real name was Ḥamad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jumʿah ibn Rajab ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al Murjabī, a plantation owner and slave trader.

This is the man that helped the Bembas of the Chitimukulu to defeat and expel Prince Lufo KaZwangendaba and his people from Bemba territory in 1869. Although commonly known as Tipu Tipu, his real name was Ḥamad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jumʿah ibn Rajab ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al Murjabī, a plantation owner and slave trader.

He was a wealthy man and had his own 'army' armed with guns. When he had visited the present day Northern Zambia to trade, the Bembas cleverly put him in an akward position. Instead of his usual trades, they compelled him to fight on their side and expell the Ngonis who had been a menace for them for decades. Tipu Tipu had to comply and the did, Prince Lufo and his people were resoundingly defeated and left Bemba territory.

Its interesting to note that the Ngonis of Prince Lufo KaZwangendaba had come into Bemba lands around 1850 after breaking away from the Ngoni kingdom during succession wrangles. Prince Lufo was young at this stage, aged only 4. It was his mother's family, the Madhlopas who had much power in these times and a very powerful Induna called Macumi; Macumi was in fact the defacto leader.

Thus Prince Lufo literally grew up in Bembaland and it was here that his Igama lobunsizwa became 'Mphelembe' from the local tongues meaning an antelope. By the time he was leaving he had also adopted the Mwamba name im honor of the Bemba leader Mwamba who had become his confidant and friend, even encouraging his people to attack the Chitimukulus people.

It should be mentioned that another Ngoni group, that of King Mphezeni had left Bemba territory much earlier in 1856. These too had entered Bemba territory at almost the same time with the Lufo party. When this group left, they went to settle at Cheronga before crossing the Luangwa river in 1860. Their leader had at this time began his own family. This group then went back into Nsengaland territory and camped around the Mkoma hill, (the birth place of Prince Nsingo) Mpinduka hill (Induna MJOKWANE died here in 1868) Matambazi stream where Prince ManziAmabi KaMphezeni was born from.

Eventually Inyandezulu Mphezeni KaZwangendaba would settle around the present day Chipata area after passing through the Sinda and Katete areas. Meanwhile, Lufo went to Northern Malawi, he had at one point camped at Sitwe, in Chama before moving again and found himself in the territory of his elder brother's Kingdom. Its still a mystery to this day as to why the Lufo group remains the only Ngoni group that still speaks an Isinguni tongue.