Sipopa Lutangu

Sipopa
Sipopa
	King Sepopo portrayed in the book Seven Years in South Africa (1881)
Other names	Lutangu
Title	King of the Lozi people
Predecessor	Mbololo
Successor	Mowa Mamili
Spouse	Mamochisane
Children	daughter and many sons
Parent	Mubukwanu
Relatives	Kandundu (sister)

Sipopa Lutangu was the leader of the Lozi revolution and later a Litunga (king) of the Lozi people. He ruled from 1864 to 1876.^[1]

Biography

Sipopa (also known as Lutangu) was the son of the former Lozi King, Mubukwanu. He was a successor of Mbololo, who was a very cruel king. Sipopa's reign started in 1864. Some Lozi contenders for power accused Sipopa of retaining the customs of the Makololo tribe (including the base of the language).

He took Queen Mamochisane for a wife. She was the daughter of Sebetwane and sister of Sekeletu, who was a leper. Mamochisane was widely respected throughout Barotseland and Sipopa could well have simply been following a tradition that Sekeletu had followed whereby, when a chief had died, the wife or wives of the deceased were inherited and cared for by the new chief.

His daughter married a surviving Makololo man by the name of Manengo. Sipopa had a sister called Kandundu and many sons:

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Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Kaiba Natamoyo
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mutumwenu
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Munalula
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Malitela
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Kaluwe
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Musiwa
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Notulo
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Simbotwe
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Nolianga
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Sishwati
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mboo Fwabi
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mwanagala
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Kabaenda
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Mando
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Monambeza
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Wamulimungwa
Prince (Mwana' Mulena) Sepopa

His successor was Mowa Mamili.

References

^ Lipschutz, Mark R.; R. Kent Rasmussen (1989). "Sipopa Lutangu". Dictionary of African historical biography. University of California Press. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-520-06611-3.

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[1] Lipschutz, Mark R.; R. Kent Rasmussen (1989). "Sipopa Lutangu". Dictionary of African historical biography. University of California Press. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-520-06611-3.

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v t e Rulers of Barotseland
Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)	Nyambe (god) Mwanasolundwi Muyunda Mumbo wa Mulonga (demigod) Inyambo Yeta I Ngalama Yeta II Nalute Ngombala Yubya Mwanawina I Mwananyanda Liwale (?–1812) Mulambwa Santulu (1812–1830) Silumelume (1830) – Son of Mulambwa Mubukwanu (1830–1838) – Son of Mulambwa Imasiku (1838) – Son of Mubukwanu
Makololo chiefs (title Morêna)	Sebetwane (1838–1851) Mamochisane (female) (1851) Sekeletu (1851–1863) Mambili (1863) Liswaniso (in rebellion) (1863) Mbololo (1863–1864) – Brother of Sebetwane
Rulers (title Mbumu wa Litunga)	Sipopa Lutangu (1864–1876) Mowa Mamili – Regent (1876) Mwanawina II (1876–1878) Lubosi I (1st time) (1878–1884) Akufuna Tatila (1884–1885) Sikufele (in rebellion) (1885) Lubosi I (Lewanika I) (2nd time) (1885–1916) Mokamba – Regent (1916) Yeta III (1916–1945) Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent (1st time) (1945–1946) Imwiko Lewanika (1946–1948) Shemakone Kalonga Wina -Regent (2nd time) (1948) Mwanawina III (1948–1968) Hastings Ndangwa Noyoo -Regent (1968) Godwin Mbikusita Lewanika II (1968–1977) Ilute Yeta IV (1977–2000) Lubosi II Imwiko (2000–present)