Malawi Traditional polities

Note: Under the British "indirect" rule the states were recognized by the British as the 
Native Authorities with legal authority of local administration (from 1933) and taxation
(from 1936). In most cases the status of Native Authority was exercised by councils of federated 
rulers. As of 1949 there were 105 states and chiefdoms, and as of 1953 there were 14 Native 
Authorities in present Malawi and all but one of them were councils.

bf.1700                    Maravi state established (the word Malawi is the same as
                             the name of this state).

Rulers (title Karonga)
.... - ....                Mcepera Mwale
.... - ....                Mcocoma Phiri (= Mkunkhuntha)
.... - 18..                Kampini Mbewe
1860? - 18..               Sosola Kalimakudzulu Phiri

Nkamanga

Ruler (title Sekuru)
c.1795                     Mlowoka
Rulers (title Cikulamayembe)
.... - ....                Gonapamuhanya 
.... - ....                Kampungu 
.... - ....                Pitamkusa 
.... - ....                Bwati I (= Cayeka) 
.... - ....                Bwati II 
.... - ....                Bamantha 
18.. - 1855                Mkuwayira 
1855 - 18..                Interregnum 
18.. - 1880                Mujuma 
1880 - 1907                Interregnum
1907 - 1931                Cilongozi Mlowoka                  (d. 1931)
1931 - 1977                John Hardy Gondwe Ziwange          (b. 1905 - d. 1977)
1977 - Nov 2018            Walter John Hardy Gondwe           (b. 1932 - d. 2018)
                             Chikulamayembe XI
2018 - 30 Apr 2022         Mtima Walter Gondwe
                             (acting to 22 Oct 2019)
30 Apr 2022 -              Joseph Bongololo Gondwe            (b. 1962)
                             Chikulamayembe XIII
                             (in dispute from 22 Oct 2019)

Jere or Qeko dynasty

Maseko or Gomani dynasty