Mubukwanu

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Mubukwanu
Litunga
Diedc. 1840
SpouseOne chiefess
IssueAlikunda
Sipopa Lutangu
Mwangala Mubukwanu
Musiwa Mubukwanu
Mwanawina Mubukwanu
Imasiku Mubukwanu
FatherMulambwa Santulu
MotherUnknown

Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Mubukwanu (died c. 1840) was a High Chief of the Lozi people, King of Barotseland in Africa. He quarrelled with his brother Silumelume.

Biography

Family

Mubukwanu was a son of the Chief Mulambwa Santulu and grandson of Chief Mwanawina I.

His younger brother was Chief Silumelume, successor of their father.

According to Mutumba Mainga, Mubukwanu was the father of Sipopa Lutangu.

Reign

Mubukwanu wanted to be a king and he began to rule after Silumelume was killed. It is possible that Mubukwanu ordered murder of his brother.

Mubukwanu was also the 6th Chief of Nalolo, but was defeated and exiled by the Makololo, after their conquest of Barotseland. He then fled into hiding on Lipu Island.[citation needed]

He was poisoned by his wife at Lukulu Fort, ca. 1840.

Children

Mubukwanu had six sons:

  • Prince Alikunda
  • King Sipopa Lutangu
  • Prince Imasiku Mubukwanu
  • Prince Mwanawina Mubukwanu
  • Prince Mwangala Mubukwanu
  • Prince Musiwa Mubukwanu[citation needed]

Imasiku was proclaimed king at Lukulu Fort after death of his father, but was defeated by the Makololo and fled with his followers across the Kabompo River, settling in the Lukwakwa country.

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East by Jamie Stokes, Anthony Gorman
  2. ^ Mutumba Mainga, Bulozi Under the Luyana Kings
  3. ^ The Elites of Barotseland, 1878-1969 by Gerald L. Caplan
  4. ^ Your friend. Lewanika: the life and times of Lubosi Lewanika, Litunga of Barotseland 1842 to 1916 by Gervas Clay