Mboo Mwanasilundu Muyunda Explained

Mboo Mwanasilundu Muyunda is regarded as the first Litunga (king) of the Lozi Kingdom in Zambia.[1]

He was a king of Lozi and a demigod, one of the sacred high chiefs of Barotseland.

Biography

His father was the god Nyambe. His mother was a mortal queen named Mbuyuwamwambwa, a daughter of Mwambwa.[2] He was a stepson of the goddess Asase Ya.[3]

He was chosen as the first male ruler of the Lozi. He extended his realm by conquering the ba-Mishulundu, ba-Namale, ba-Mulinga, ba-Upangoma, ba-Liuwa, ba-Muenyi and the Mambowe.

His wife was Chiefess Malundwelo.

He died at Ikatulamwa and is buried there.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mainga, Mutumba . Bulozi under the Luyana Kings: Political Evolution and State Formation in Pre-Colonial Zambia . 1973 . Longman . 978-0-582-64073-3 . Founding of the Lozi State and emergence of a Luyana central kingship.
  2. Web site: Royalty in the lands of the Lozi . . Barotseland . September 22, 2025 .
  3. Book: Who's who in non-classical mythology . Egerton Sykes, Alan Kendall . 2001 . Routledge . 9780415260404 . 144 . 2010-05-24.