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
bf.1700
Principal state of the Bemba ethnic group founded by Citi mukulu.
Oct 1969
State de-recognized.
Rulers (title Citimukulu)
.... - ....
Chibengele Citimukulu XVI
.... - .... Mutalewa
Munkombwe Citimukulu
XVII
.... - ....
Chifundaca Busoshi Citimukulu
XVIII
.... - .... Sekwila
Citimukulu XIX
.... - ....
Kasonde Citimukulu XX
.... - ....
Salalabanabonke Citimukulu XXI
.... - ....
Mukukawa Malekano Citimukulu XXII
.... - 1820
Cilyamafwa Citimukulu XXIII
(d. 1820)
1820 - 1827
Cincinta Susula Citimukulu XXIV
(d. 1827)
1827 - 1860
Cileshye Cepela Citimukulu XXV
(d. 1860)
1860 - 1866
Bwembya I Citimukulu XXVI
1866 - 1883
Mutale Mutuka Citapankwa I
(d. 1883)
Citimukulu XXVII
1883 - May 1896
Mulenda Sampa Kapalakashya
(d. 1896)
Citimukulu XXVIII
1896 - 1898
Regency
1898 - 1911
Cimfwembe Mulenga Makumba
(d. 1911)
Citimukulu XXIX
1911 - 1913
Regency
1913 - 1916
Mutale Lwanga Citimukulu XXX
(d. 1916)
1916 - 1918 Regency
1918 - 1922
Ponde Cisowa Citimukulu XXXXI
(d. 1922)
1922 - 1924
Regency
1924 - 1943
Makumba Kanyanta Citimukulu XXXII
(d. 1943)
1943 - 1944
Vacant
1944 - 1945
Mubanga Cisupa
(d. 1945)
(not installed)
1945 - 1946 Regency
1946 - 1965
Kafula Musungu Citimukulu XXXIII (b.
1890 - d. 1965)
1965 - 27 Oct 1969
Musenga Chitimukulu XXXIV
(d. 1969)
1969 - 1970 Regency
1970 - 1980
Bwembya II Citimukulu XXXV
(d. c.1980)
1980 - 1981 Regency
1981 - 11 Aug 2004
Mutale Ng'andu Citapankwa II (b. 19..
- d. 2004)
Citimukulu XXXVI
2004 - 2007 Regency
7 May 2007 - 2 Apr 2012
Chilufya Mwango Citapankwa III (b. 19.. - d. 2012)
Citimukulu XXXVII
2 Apr 2012 - Regency
Bulozi (Lozi) (Barotseland)
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1890 - ....
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.... - 1964
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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 de-recognized.
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
I 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 II
Prime ministers (Ngambela)
1864 - 1871
Mnekwa
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 de-recognized.
Rulers (title Mwata Kazembe)
1710 - 1740
Kazembe I N'ganda Bilonda
1740 - 1760
Kazembe II Kanyembo I Mpemba
1760 - Oct 1805
Kazembe III ILunga Lukwesa
(d. 1805)
1805 - 1850
Kazembe IV Kanyembo II Keleka Mayi (b. 1779 - d. 1850)
1850 - 1853/54
Kazembe V Kapumba Mwonga I Mfwama (d. 1853/54)
1854 - 1862
Kazembe VI Cinyanta I Munona I (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 I 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 Shadreck Cinyanta III (d. 1950)
Nankula
1950 - 1957
Kazembe XV Brown N'gombe Chofwe (d. 1957)
1957 - 1961
Kazembe XVI Kanyembo V Kapema
1961 - 1983
Kazembe XVII Paul Kanyembo VI Lutaba
1983 - 1998
Kazembe XVIII Munona II Cinyanta (d. 1998)
1998 -
Kazembe XIX Paul Mpemba Kanyembo (b. 1962)
VII Kpale Mpalume
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 Chikusi Mpezeni
I (b. 1835
- d. 1900)
1900 - 1928 Chilowa
Mpezeni II
(d. 1928)
1928 - 1981 Pontino
Gabriel Mpezeni III K.M. (b. c.1920
- d. 1981)
1982 -
Daniel Yamakhosi Mpezeni IV
(b. c.1956)
Kahare
Rulers (title Mwene/Myene Kahare)
.... - ....
Shilumelume [1st ruler]
.... - ....
Likambi Mange
.... - ....
Shiwutulu
.... - ....
Shihoka
.... - ....
Kahare I
.... - ....
Kapeshi ka Munungampanda
.... - c.1860
Kahare II (f)
18.. - 18..
Kahare III wa Luhuki Lumweya
18.. - 18..
Sikanda (f)
18.. - 18..
Kabimba
18.. - 18..
Shakalongo
18.. - 18..
Katalanangenge
18.. - 18..
Ndendola
18.. - c.1880 Kazembe
c.1881 - c.1882 Kalumpiteka
c.1883 - c.1898 Kabambi I
Shambanjo Shamamano
Kahare IV
c.1898 - 1913 Mpelembe
Kahare V
1913 - Oct 1920 Mhina Kahare
VI
1921 - 1923
Timuna Kahare VII (1st time)
(d. 1954)
1923
Vacant
1923 - 1952
Timuna Kahare VII (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1952 - Dec 1993 Kbambi II Kahare
VIII (b. 1921
- d. 1993)
(acting to 1955)
1994 - 2002
Kubamba II Kahare IX
(d. 2002)
2002 -
.... Kahare X
Luchazi
Rulers (title Mwene wa Luchazi)
.... - ....
Kalunga Mutunda
.... - 28 Oct 1936 Kamwocha
Kahyata Samukonga Kalunga I
1928 - 28 Oct 1936 Chiwaya
Ntsamba -Regent
(b. 1898 - d. 1981)
28 Oct 1936 - 12 Oct 1981 Chiwaya Ntsamba Kalunga
II (s.a.)
12 Oct 1981 - 15 Oct 2009 Mwangana Kalunga Chiwaya Ntsamba
(b. 19.. - d. 2009)
Kalunga III
12 Oct 2009 -
Chiwaya Ntsamba Kalunga IV
Momba
Rulers (title Mwene Momba)
.... - ....
Kabazi Momba I
.... - ....
Shafukma Momba II
.... - ....
Kasheba Momba III
c.1860s
Shabuwe Momba IV
.... - ....
Ngwenyama Momba V
.... - ....
Mulilabanyama Momba VI
.... - .... Kavuba
Momba VII
bf.1972 - Shililo
Momba VIII
Mukamba
Rulers (title Mwene/Myene wa Mukamba)
.... - ....
Kavuba [1st ruler]
.... - ....
Mukamba
.... - ....
Kuwonga Mukamba I
.... - ....
Lukeke Mukamba II
.... - ....
Kapoyo Mukamba III
.... - ....
Nkunzu Kabulwebulwe I (f)
.... - ....
Mahepo Kabulwebulwe II (f)
.... - ....
Mukutabafu I Kabulwebulwe III (f)
.... - .... Mukutabafu
II Kabulwebulwe IV (f)
.... - 1994 Mukutabafu
III Kabulwebulwe V (f) (d. 1994)
1994 -
Mukutabafu IV Kabulwebulwe VI (f)
Mutondo
Rulers (title Mwene/Myene)
c.1700
Libupe (f) [1st ruler]
.... - .... Shilayi
Mashiku (f)
.... - ....
Katete (f)
.... - ....
Shilemantumba Shilayi (f)
.... - ....
Mawato (f)
.... - ....
Luhamba "the Great"
.... - ....
Kashina I
.... - ....
Lipepo
.... - ....
Welema
.... - ....
Kazikwa I
.... - ....
Shihoka
.... - ....
Kabongo I
.... - ....
Kalumbwa
.... - ....
Kaazi
.... - ....
Manenga I (f)
.... - ....
Kabongo II
.... - ....
Mulambila Mungambwa Shibi Sha
Tuwoma
.... - ....
Kavuba
.... - ....
Mukamba Mvubu Kwonga
.... - ....
Mashiku Manenga II (f)
.... - 1817
Shishopa Kayambila
(d. 1817)
Rulers (title Mwene Mutondo wa Lukena)
1817 - 1860 Mate
Shinkisha Mutondo I (f)
1860 - 1867 Kashina
II Lishenga Shiyene Mutondo II
1867 - 1895 Kashunkani
Mutondo III
1895
Shiwowa Munangsha Mutondo IV
1895
Mushunga Mutondo V
1895 - 1914 Mampilu
Wahila Mutondo VI
1914 - 1915 Kazikwa
II Shayama Mushonto
Mutondo
VII (1st time)
1915
Shaloba Nanyinca Mutondo VIII
(b. 1870 - d. 1943)
(1st time)
1915 - 1917 Kazikwa
II Shayama Mushonto
Mutondo VII (2nd time)
Dec 1917 - 22 Dec 1943 David Shaloba Nyanyinca Mutondo
VIII (s.a.)
(2nd time)
22 May 1944 - 1947 Muyita Muchayila Mutondo
IX (b. 1910 - d. 1990)
(1st time)
1947 - 1981
Kalapukila Mutondo X
(d. 1981)
1981 - 1990 Muyita
Muchayila Mutondo IX
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1991 - 1992 Chipimbi
Mutondo X
(d. 1992)
1993 - c.2006 Shihoka Nalinanga
Mutondo XI (d. c.2006)
c.2007 - 2011 Kangombe Mnoikula
Mutondo XII (d. 2011)
8 Apr 2012 - ....
Mutondo XIII
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