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HISTORY OF PRINCE MWANAMBINYI.

HISTORY OF PRINCE MWANAMBINYI.

The History of the great Kingdom of Barotseland will be incomplete without the mention of Prince Mwanambinyi, the first person to become Litunga-la-Mboela literally meaning the Litunga of the South. Mwanambinyi’s aim was to set up another Lozi Kingdom under his leadership on the southern region, but this was cut short by other Litunga called Ngalama. 

Queen Mbuywamwambwa ascended to the throne on the death of Mwambwa, her mother. Mbuyu or Mbuywamwambwa (literally ‘Mbuyu of Mwambwa’) is believed to have had the following 12 children not in their order of birth: Atangambuyu (Atanga of Mbuyu), Inyambo, Muyunda (Mboo), Nawa (Mwanambinyi), Imafuwa (Namakau), Ingalamwa Mbikusita, Mwanawina, Yeta ya Musa, Namakau, Mwangala, Mboanjikaka, and Nakatindi. This could possibly be the origin of the creation of sub districts been ruled by the Prince and Princesses that we know today such as Mongu-Lealui (The Litunga-Lubosi Imwiko II), Kalabo-Libonda (Princess Kandundu Yeta), Senanga-Nalolo (Princess Mukwae Mbuyu Imwiko), Lukulu-Namayula (Prince Anañanga Imwiko), Kaoma-Naliele (Prince Makweti Isiteketo Lewanika), Sesheke-Mwandi (Prince Lubasi Yeta) and Shangombo (Prince Mukiti Sekeli).

Mbuywamwambwa had left for Kaumbu in the Lunda country, a place now found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Upon her return, she asked Kuta, the Council, to install a male Litunga. Mboo Muyunda was installed as the first male Litunga. Her mother, Mbuywamwambwa remained as the Makoshi (Natambumu), the mother and prime feminine advisor to the Litunga. Meanwhile Mboo had other, more human difficulties to deal with, specifically competition with siblings who, although it is not admitted in Lozi tradition, probably challenged for the leadership of the Luyi resulting in unsuccessful contenders moving out. Most accounts of the time of Mboo describe a process of handing out new areas of influence to brothers and sisters. Thus Mwanambinje moved to Nayaka, the next vi

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