Mboo Mwanasilundu Muyunda

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Mboo Mwanasilundu Muyunda is regarded as the first Litunga, the king of the Lozi people in Barotseland, Zambia. He was both a king and a demigod among Barotseland’s sacred high chiefs. His father was Nyambe, the god, and his mother was the mortal queen Mbuyuwamwambwa, daughter of Mwambwa; he was the stepson of the goddess Asase Ya. He was chosen as the first male ruler of the Lozi and he expanded 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.