Bulozi under the Luyana Kings

Mutumba Mainga

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Bulozi under the Luyana Kings is a study of the Lozi Kingdom in Western Zambia in the pre-colonial period. The study traces the origins of the Luyana and the Lozi people; the founding of the Luyana Central Kingship and the invasion by the Makololo in the mid-nineteenth century; and ends with the study of the Lozi response to European intrusion at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Bulozi under the Luyana Kings was first published in 1973 by Longman, London. After wide consultations at home and abroad, the book is now republished in its original form.

Sujets

• History

Informations

• Publié par: Gadsden Publishers
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• EAN13: 9789982240321
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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Bulozi under the Luyana Kings

Political Evolution and State Formation in Pre-Colonial Zambia

Mutumba Mainga

Bulozi under theLuyana Kings

Political Evolution and State Formation in PreColonial Zambia

by

Mutumba Mainga

Bookworld Publishers

Bookworld Publishers

© Mutumba Mainga Bull

First published by Longman in 1973 This edition published in 2010

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

ISBN: 9789982240529

Typesetting & Print Preparation by Broughton Advertising (Lusaka)

Printed by Printech Limited (Lusaka)

To my Mother

Who started it all and gave us everything.

Contents

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9

Preface to 1973 edition

Preface to 2010 edition

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations Introduction: Bulozi Migrationand settlement The founding of the Lozi Stateand theemergenceof a Luyanacentral Kingship Colonisationof the Flood Plainand beyond The Makololoand the fall of the Lozi kingdom in the midninteteenthcentury Thedeclineof the Makololoand the Lozi restoration The restored Lozi kingdom, 186485 Lewanikaand thesurvival of the monarch, 18851900 Theextentof the Lozi influence The Lozi response to European intrusion Epilogue Appendix Luyana SuccessionTable A GenerationTableof the Luyana Dynasty Sourcesand field research method Listof mainoral sources and Bibliography Index

ix xiii xv xvii 1 7 21

44 61

83 99 121 140 162 191 196 203 204 205 206 259

Maps

The Western Province of Zambia, formerly Barotseland Bulozi ‘proper’ or Ngulu (the Barotse Flood Plain) Luba, Lunda, Lozi and other Zambian peoples Limits of Lozi influence at the end of the nineteenth century Barotseland at the end of Lewanika’s reign

2 3 16 148 185

Plates Between pages 96 and 97 Lewanika at Lealui in the late 1880’s The Mission party on its way to the Zambezi, probably taken at Lusuma in 1884 The first school at Sefula, under the Sotho Evangelist Aaron, 1887 The shool at Sefula under Rev. A. Jalla, 1890 The first trades school at Sefula, under W. Waddell, about 1890 The last raid on the Mashukulumbwe, 1888 The royal band at Lealui LealuiCoillard with Nalubutu Tatila Akufuna who overthrew Lewanika (18845) Lewanika, Edinburgh, 1902 Visit of Lewanika to Scotland, 1902 The iron bridge at Lealui, erected in 1908 to replace the wooden one made by Waddell in 1984

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Preface to 1973 edition

By comparison with other areas of Zambia, Bulozi has attracted a good deal of scholarly attention. Professor Gluckman's studies of Lozi jurisprudence and government form one of the classics of Central African anthropology. More recently a good deal of his torical writing has been published. Among these are Professor Vansina's survey of the material available for the precolonial Lozi State, contained in his general survey of the Kingdoms of the Savanna; Mr. Clay's biography of Lewanika; articles by Dr. Stokes and Professor Ranger dealing with Lewanika's role during the colonial period; Professor Rotberg's treatment of the missionary factor in Bulozi in the wider context of missionary activity in Zambia as a whole; Dr. Gann's account of Lozi history in his general history of Northern Rhodesia, and a doctoral thesis, now published, on the political history of Bulozi from 1878 by Dr. Caplan. Anyone presenting another extended treatment of Lozi history, therefore, must attempt to indicate what novelties of source or interpretation justify the work. The most important justification for further extended research on Lozi history lies in the fact that the greater part remains unknown despite the considerable amount of material published. The great bulk of this material relates to the Scramble and to the colonial period. And the material which does deal with precolonial Bulozi hardly treats it historically at all. A different approach seemed necessary. A thorough examination of the Lozi's concept of their own history reveals the existence of complex and detailed variants of oral

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