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Zambian Traditional States

Note: There are numerous states of various sizes. Recorded here are the three major ones and two important smaller states in eastern Barotseland.  In 1969 all states were officially derecognized.

Bemba

[Bemba (Zambia)]

bf.1700                    Principal state of the Bemba ethnic group founded by Citi mukulu.
Oct 1969                   State derecognized.

Rulers (title Citimukulu)
.... - ....                Cilugfya Mulenga Citimukulu I
 .... - 1820                Cilyamafwa Citimukulu II
1820 - 1827                Susula Cincinta Citimukulu III
1827 - 1860                Cileshye Cepela Citimukulu IV
1860 - 1866                Bwembya I Citimukulu V
1866 - 1883                Mutale Mutuka Citapankwa           (d. 1883)
                             Citimukulu VI
1883 - May 1896            Mulenda Sampa Kapalakashya         (d. 1896)
                             Citimukulu VII
1896 - 1898                Vacant
1898 - 1911                Cimfwembe Mulenga Makumba          (d. 1911)
                             Citimukulu VIII
1911 - 1913                Vacant
1913 - 1916                Mutale Lwanga Citimukulu IX        (d. 1916)
1913 - 1923                Ponde Cisowa Citimukulu X          (d. 1923)
1923 - 1943                Makumba Kanyanta Citimukulu XI     (d. 1943)
1943 - 1944                Vacant
1944 - 1945                Mubanga Cisupa Citimukulu XII
                             (not installed)
1945 - 1946                Vacant
1946 - 1965                Kafula Musungu Citimukulu XIII     (b. 1890 - d. 1965)
1965 - 1969                Musenga Chitimukulu XIV            (d. 1969)
1970 - 19..                Bwembya II Citimukulu XV  
1981 - 11 Aug 2004         Mutale Ng'andu Citapankwa II       (b. 19.. - d. 2004) 
                             Citimukulu XVI
2004 - 2007                Vacant
 7 May 2007 -  2 Apr 2012  Ackson Chilufya Mwamba             (d. 2012)
                             Citimukulu XVII


Bulozi  (Lozi) (Barotseland)
 
[Barotseland 1890 flag]
                     1890 - ....
[Barotseland flag to 1964]
                       .... - 1964

c.1550                     Bulozi (Barotse) kingdom founded.
1838                       Suppressed by Makololo invaders (Kolol-Rotse Empire).
1864                       Bulozi kingdom restored.
1897                       British protectorate.
17 Aug 1911                Incorporated into British Northern Rhodesia.
12 May 1953 - 24 Oct 1964  Separate Barotseland Protectorate.
19 May 1964                Barotse Land Agreement signedd.
 24 Oct 1964 - 1969         Barotseland province within Zambia.
Oct 1969                   State derecognized.
27 Mar 2012 -  3 Apr 2012  Barotseland National Council attempts to nullify the Barotse
                             Land Agreement of 1964.

Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)
.... - ....                Mboo Mwanasilandu
.... - ....                Inyambo
.... - ....                Yeta I
.... - ....                Ngalama
.... - ....                Yeta II Malute
.... - ....                Ngombala
.... - ....                Yubya Lukama -Regent
.... - ....                Mwanawina I
.... - 1812                Mwananyanda Liwale
1812 - 1830                Mulambwa Santulu
1830                       Silumelume
1830 - 1838                Mubukwanu
1838                       Imasiku
Makololo chiefs (title Morêna)
1838 -  7 Jul 1851         Sebetwane                          (b. c.1800 - d. 1851)
1851                       Mma Motshisane (f)
1851 - Jun 1863            Sekeletu                           (b. 1833 - d. 1863)
Jun 1863 - 1863            Mambili
1863                       Liswaniso (in rebellion)
1863 - 1864                Mbololo                            (d. 1864)
Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)
Jun 1864 - Aug 1876        Sipopa Lutangu                     (b. 1830 - d. 1876)
Aug 1876 - Oct 1876        Mowa Mamili -Regent
Oct 1876 - May 1878        Mwanawina II                       (b. 1857 - d. 1879)
Aug 1878 - Aug 1884        Lubosi I (1st time)                (b. 1842 - d. 1916)
Sep 1884 - Jul 1885        Tatila Akufuna                     (d. c.1887)
1885                       Sikufele (in rebellion)
 4 Nov 1885 -  4 Feb 1916  Lubosi I (Lewanika I) (2nd time)   (s.a.)
 4 Feb 1916 - 13 Mar 1916  Mokamba -Regent
13 Mar 1916 - Jun 1945     Yeta III                           (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
Jun 1945 - Jun 1946        Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent     (b. 1878 - d. 19..)
                             (1st time)
Jun 1946 - Jun 1948        Imwiko Lewanika                    (b. 1885 - d. 1948)
Jun 1948 - Aug 1948        Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
Aug 1948 - 13 Nov 1968     Mwanawina III                      (b. 1888 - d. 1968) 
13 Nov 1968 - 15 Dec 1968  Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo -Regent
15 Dec 1968 - 1977         Godwin Mbikusita Lewanika II       (b. 1907 - d. 1977)
1977 -  7 Jul 2000         Ilute Yeta IV                      (b. 1926 - d. 2000) 
Oct 2000 -                 Lubosi II Imwiko

Prime ministers (Ngambela)
1864 - 1871                Njekwa
1872 - 1878                Mamili                             (d. 1878)
1878 - 1884                Silumbu
1884 - 1885                Mataa                              (d. 1885)
1885 - 1898                Mwauluka                           (d. 1898)
1898 - 1919                Mokamba                            (d. 1919)
1919 - 1928                Mataa
1928 - Jan 1941            Mbwangweta Munalula                (d. 1941)
1941 - 1948                Shemakono Kalonga Wina             (s.a.)
1948 - 1956                Muheli Walubita                    (b. 1897 - d. 19..)      
1956 - 1962                Akabeswa Imasiku                   (b. 1921)
1962 - Oct 1963            Silamelume Siyubo
Oct 1963 - Mar 1964        Vacant
Mar 1964 - Oct 1965        Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo
                             (acting to Dec 1964)
1970's - 1980's            Maxwell Mututwa                    (b. 1919? - d. 2011)
1980's - c.2007            Manyando Mukela
c.2008 - 23 May 2011       Litia Walubita (acting)            (b. 1929? - d. 2011)
23 May 2011 - 31 Jan 2011  Vacant
31 Jan 2012 -              Clement Wainyae Sinyinda

British Resident
27 Sep 1897 - 18 Sep 1907  Robert Thorne Coryndon             (b. 1870 - d. 1925)
British Resident Commissioners
1953 - 1957                Alan Forbes Bourne Glennie         (b. 1903 - d. 1984)
Aug 1957 - Dec 1957        Glyn Smallwood Jones               (b. 1908 - d. 1992)
1958 - 1961                Gervas Charles Robert Clay         (b. 1907 - d. 2009)
1961 - 196.                Frank Maurice Noel Heath (acting)  (b. 1915)
1963? - Oct 1964           Colin Guy Champion Rawlins         (b. 1919 - d. 2003)


Kazembe

c.1700                     Kazembe state (named after royal style of rulers)
                             founded in present Congo (Kinshasa).
1899                       Kazembe under British South Africa Company protectorate.
1904                       Remains of state in present Zambia.
Oct 1969                   State derecognized.

Rulers (title Mwata Kazembe)
c.1700 - c.1740            Kazembe I N'ganda Bilonda
c.1740 - c.1760            Kazembe II Kanyembo I Mpemba
1760 - Oct 1805            Kazembe III ILunga I Lukwesa         (d. 1805)
1805 - 1850                Kazembe IV Kanyembo II Keleka Mayi   (d. 1850)
1850 - 1854                Kazembe V Kapumba Mwonga I Mfwama
1854 - 1862                Kazembe VI Cinyanta I Munona         (d. 1862)
1862                       Luukwesa Mpanga Mabote (= Kazembe IX)
                             (not installed)
1862 - 1870                Kazembe VII Mwonga II Nsemba
1870 - 1872                Kazembe VIII Cinkonkole Kafuti I     (d. 1872)
1872 - 1883                Kazembe IX Lukwesa I Mpanga
                             Mabote (1st time)
1883 - 1885                Kazembe X Kanyembo III Ntemena       (d. 1904)
                             (1st time)
1885 - 1886                Kazembe IX Lukwesa Mpanga 
                             Mabote (2nd time)
1886 - 1904                Kazembe X Kanyembo III Ntemena       (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1904 - 1919                Kazembe XI Mwonga III Kapakata
1919 - 1936                Kazembe XII Cinyanta II Kasasa
1936 - 1941                Kazembe XIII Kanyembo IV Chibu       (d. 1941)
                             "Chinkonkole"                
1941 - 1950                Kazembe XIV Cinyanta Nankula         (d. 1950)
1950 - 1957                Kazembe XV Brown N'gombe Chofwe      (d. 1957)
1957 - 1961                Kazembe XVI Kanyembo V Kapema
1961 - 1983                Kazembe XVII Kanyembo VI Lutaba
1983 - 1998                Kazembe XVIII Cinyanta Munona II     (d. 1998)
1998 -                     Kazembe XIX Paul Mpemba Kanyembo VII (b. 1962)


Other States

Jere-Ngoni

1848                      Jere-Ngoni tribe of Chipata, founded by a scion of the
                            Jere Ngoni (or Qeko)(in modern Malawi).

Paramount chiefs (title Inkosi ya makosi)
1848 - 21 Sep 1900         Mpezeni I                           (b. 1830/32 - d. 1900)
1900 - 1928                Mpezeni II  
1928 - 1981                Mpezeni III K.M.
1982 -                     Daniel Mpezeni IV                   (b. c.1956)

Kahare

Rulers (title Mwene Kahare)
.... - ....                Shihoka  
.... - ....                Kahare I
18.. - 18..                Kapeshi
18.. - 18..                Kahare II (f)
c.1860                     Kahare III wa Luhuki Lumweya
18.. - 18..                Shikanda (f)
18.. - 18..                Kabimba
18.. - c.1880              Kalumpiteka
c.1880 - 1913              Kahare IV Shamamano 
1914 - 1921                Kahare V Mpelembe
1921                       Kahare VI Kubama I
1921 - 1952                Kahare VII Timuna
1952 - Dec 1993            Kahare IX Kabambi (acting to 1955)   (d. 1993)
1994 -                     Kahare X Kubama II

Mutondo

Rulers (title Mwene Mutondo)
1817 - 18..                Mutondo I Shinkisha (f)
18.. - 18..                Mutondo II Lishenga
18.. - 18..                Mutondo III Shiyenge                 (d. 1860)
1860 - 1867                Mutondo IV Kashina
1867 - 1898                Mutondo V Kashunkani
1898                       Mutondo VI Mushunga
1898 - 1914                Mutondo VII Wahila
1915                       Mutondo VIII Shayama (1st time)
1915                       Mutondo IX Kanyinca (1st time)       (d. 1941)
1915 - 1917                Mutondo VIII Shayama (2nd time)
1917 - 1941                Mutondo IX Kanyinca (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1941 - 1944                ....
22 May 1944 - 1947         Mutondo X Muchayila (1st time)       (b. 1910 - d. 1990)   
194. - 1981                Mutondo XI Kalapukila                (d. 1981)
 198. - 1990                Mutondo X Muchayila (2nd time)   
1991 - 1992                Mutondo XII Chipimbi                 (d. 1992)
1993 -                     Mutondo XIII ....





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