List of Mbunda Chiefs in Zambia

[4] Due to the Mbunda/Aluyi interaction since the end of the 18th Century in Barotseland, the Mbunda named the Aluyi King Lubosi "Litunga Liwanika lya mafuti, Njamba kalimi, lifuti limulimina".

[citation needed] Interactive approaches by the 23rd Mbunda Monarch, His Majesty King Mbandu III Mbandu Lifuti of Angola to his counterpart the 24th King of Barotseland, His Majesty Lubosi Imwiko II, in appreciating the time long co-existence with his people and for the continued cordial relationship between the two peoples indicate exemplary statesmanship.

Chief Kandala had come into Bulozi to seek asylum for he was being sought for by King Ngonga I Chiteta of the Mbunda ya Mathzi after a domestic dispute between them which had erupted from a theft case that involved the two Royalties in which Chief Kandala's people had stolen an antelope from King Ngonga I Chiteta's hunting trap.

When Nxaba (Ngabe) in his pursuance to invade the Makololo came to Kakenge's area, (ruler of the Luvale) in the north, he failed to break through the Mbunda fortress at Nakalomo.

The Mbunda however remained suspicious and merely supplied the Mandebele with guides who took them across the Zambezi westwards in the direction of the Kololo who at that time were pursuing the Luyana fleeing to Nyengo.

Those Mbunda who in 1830 had, due to Makololo invasion, abandoned Nakalomo went to settle east of Manyinga river finding there only a few Nkoya villages.

[citation needed] Though there were some Lozi rulers who were allowed to the Lukwakwa throne, it basically remained under the control of the Mbunda.

Sikufele became the main chief of all the Manyinga Native Authorities and the Administrative Court remained under the Mbunda after it was restored from the Lunda.

While power was being firmly wrestled by the Mbunda in Manyinga area their influence at the Central Throne of the Lozi Kingdom was still felt.

It is said that when the first Mwene Kathimba arrived, Nkoya inhabitants of the area were forced to live in stockaded villages for fear of the Kaonde who were their enemies at that time.

[citation needed] The Mwene Kasavi chieftainship originates from the central Mbunda royal line (Mbunda-Mathzi).

Mbunda people and their chiefs migration from Mbundaland in the now Angola into the now Zambia , since the latter part of the 18th Century
Mbunda chiefs location map in Zambia
Mwene Mundu Likithi , the 9th in the Chief Mwene Mundu Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Mwene Kandala Sakwiba Libimba , the 9th in the Chief Mwene Kandala Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Mwene Chiyengele Chingumbe Nyumbu , the 10th in the Chief Mwene Chiyengele Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Mwene Chiyengele Nyumbu Josaih , the 11th in the Chief Mwene Chiyengele Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Mwene Sikufele Akatoka Thompson , the 10th in the Chief Mwene Sikufele Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Mwene Kathimba Johnson Mbindo , the 6th in the Chief Mwene Kathimba Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Mwene Kathimba Chikambo , the 7th in the Chief Mwene Kathimba Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Mwene Chiyengele Chingumbe III , the 3rd in the Chief Mwene Chiyengele Chingumbe Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Mwene Kandombwe Ka Machalo , the 5th in the Chief Mwene Kandombwe Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Mwene Kasavi Kajila , the 8th in the Chief Mwene Kasavi Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia
Lindeho Ndilayi Kalipa , the 4th in the Chief Mwene Lindeho Dynasty of the Mbunda people in Zambia