Zambian Comics - History

28/04/2024

09/07/2023

Turns out Clause was accurate about the El Dorado comment in black panther.

19/12/2022

Chief mukuni ngombe came from the bene mulopwe in congo.after crossing the lukanga swamps he settled in modern day lenje land.he moved south along the zambezi valley living his kingdom to his sister nkanga and his prime minister chamuka with instruction that if the fire stops burning then know that am dead..he crossed into modern day zimbabwe and then crossed back into modern zambia were he met the chireya people who were part of the Rozwi dynasty instead of fighting them he married their chieftainness bedyango and as such became their ruler.before he could go back he died in leyaland.his kingdom in lenje land was shared between chamuka his prime minister and the sons of his sister.t nkanga.these are mungule liteta chipepo and mukuni hence the reason why these lenje chiefs are called bana ba nkanga.chipepo and mweemba in the zambezi valley are his children.Nyanje among the chewa is his sister who he gave in marriage to the kalonga.Mukamaambo nkomesha was a wife.sandwe and nyampande are his children so is loongo the shakumbila chieftainship

10/12/2022

Cool pieces right? According to C14 tests, this collection dates to 1200-1000 AD. Isamu pati-Zambia (Northern Rhodesia). Kolomo area. The site is not as well known as its neighbor, ingombe ilede (300km).
The latest burial there contained glass beads dated to the 13th to 14th centuries.
The two sites had similar samples-the chemical compositions of the glass beads is similar too.

18/11/2022

PRINCESS NYANJE - IN HISTORY

In the 18th century, Princess Nyanje, a sister to Mukuni, travelled with Paramount Gawa Undi of the Cewa people when he visited Mukuni with his wife. Instructions were given that as she went with them, they were to maintain her chiefly status, and she ended up as chieftainess of the Nsenga people of Petauke.

Thus, today, all Munokalya Mukuni successors in spirit and title to Mukuni, the founder, stand in a 'mulamu' (brother in law) relationship with Paramount Gawa Undi's successors in title.

Kuliswe
👁️ Kwa Mukuni

17/11/2022

Meet Loongo (mid to late 1800s). She was the leader of the Sala Tribe in present day Mumbwa. She organized an all women army and fought bravely against the invading Makololo marauders, but lost the war. The good part is she gained their respect-they even named a location, the hill where they fought, “Taba Ba Sadi,” meaning ‘hill of the women,’ in her honor. She was detained by them and reunited her tribe after her release. She is remembered by the Sala people every year in the traditional ceremony called Ikubi lya Loongo in July.

Well the Makololo and those that enabled them access into Zambezia (cough cough you know yourself ) ran into bad luck in 1893. Very terrible year for them. First the selective smallpox, then the Brit’s in the Battle of the Shangani that took place on 25 October 1893.

If Queen Lilibet was alive then, she would have described it in the same way she described 1992 “annus horribilis"

04/11/2022

Chantuna- the younger sister to Ngonya. She too was born on the island from Kongo Cheete. She, like all Bedyango, was buried with her head facing the east (orient).

Interestingly, many early Jewish and Christian burial rites required that the dead be buried facing the east (Jerusalem and the second coming of the messiah). Other pagan religions practiced this burial ritual because the sun rises from East and sets in the west. The direction that the feet pointed was another practice.

Priests however, in early Christianity where buried facing the west- or in such a way that they are facing their congregation.

These days, many tombstones face the east as a matter of conserving space and uniformity in the graveyard 🪦- imagine if every grace faced a different direction 😆

30/09/2022

According to Soli legend, Mukamambo I,(chieftainess Nkomeshya) had many spiritual powers which she used in combat to fight the Chikunda.

Angered by this, the Chikunda chief sent soldiers to capture her, but she kept on killing them.

The Chief was unable to believe that the person who managed to kill his soldiers was a woman, and so Mukamambo decided to settle the matter on gender equality, equal opportunity etc and went to see him, and took off her clothes to prove she was not a man. When they tried to stab her she would not bleed, and only water poured forth from her body. Eventually the Chikunda captured her at Chitameleza, a place, where “God would drop a lot of lightning and thunder.”They then cut of her head, but to their surprise she continued to talk, asking to be taken “home” so that she could rest. According to legend, the Chikunda thought she migrated from the Congo and so they carried her head all the way to Lubaland, but she said, “No, this is not my home; I am not Luba,” and when they carried her to Tongaland she again refused. It was only when she was taken to the Soli home of Makuyu, named ater the makuyu trees—where Chietainess Nkomeshya’s rural palace is today—that she rested, and her head finally stopped talking.

Source: Ruth Simbao

26/09/2022

HISTORY OF THE NAMWANGA PEOPLE OF NAKONDE

By Bwalya Mange

The Winamwanga people of Nakonde District are believed to have come from North East Africa together with the Tonga/Ila people of Southern province at about 900 BC. Hence some similarities in names between the Tonga’s and Namwanga’s such as Siame in Namwanga and Sianjunza in Tonga. Their lifestyle was a fugal system or nomadic life, meaning that they had no permanent residence.

As they come down, some of the Namwanga’s decided to settle in Tanganyila now called Tanzania while others proceeded to Northern Rhodesia now Zambia. In Tanzania, they spread to places like Mbeya, while those in Zambia settled in Mwenzo area western part of Nakonde District, some parts of Chinsali, Kasama and Mbala. The Tonga’s however
proceeded to Southern Zambia.

The first chief appointed was Namulinda as Chief Nawaitwika to rule over the Namwanga’s on the Zambian side, when she died Namaipo was appointed as Chief Nawaitwika. Following her death in 1940, Malia was appointed as the third Nawaitwika from 1941 to 1999. Malia ruled for over 56 years, making her one of the longest serving chiefs in Zambia. After her death, Evelyn, who was born in Zambia and lived in Mufulira with her husband was later appointed as the current Chief Nawaitwika.

While at Mwenzo, a certain Bisa man from Mpika visited the place by the name of Musiani, it is believed that this man was very intelligent as a matter of factor, he even introduced firewood to the Namwanga’s. Before Musiani’s visit, the Namwanga’s were eating raw food as nomads. Due to his intelligence, Musiani received a lot of favours from the indigenous people namely the Simwanzas, Sichalwes, Sichizyas and Sinkalas who also gave him a local Namwanga girl to marry. He was also given a chiefdom to become a chief. He however, deliberately refused to move from that place to the new village he was given. It is from this that the name Mwenzo comes from. When you deliberately refuse something in Namwanga it is called Umwenzonbyi.

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21/09/2022

Kaseba Mashila. The protectress pace setter.

Early in the eighteenth century, Mulopwe Mukuni and his immediate family, including children Mpanswe, Cheembe and Liteta; his extended family: brothers - Mwanza, sometimes called Mwanseekanda, Chipepo, Chiimbwe, Mumba and Mushiba; his sisters Kaseba (mother to Shimaluba and Mbulo), Lubona Tunchite (mother to Nkanga, Chongwe and Ngonga), Nyanje, Mutinga (mother to Musaka) and Keeni and his Bene Mukuni, among whom were Chaamuka (a trusted courtier) and Mukuluma (Mukuni's Shatulonga or Prime Minister), left Mulopwe's country, travelling in darkness (aimlessly). When his people complained that he was leading them into the darkness (nowhere), Mukuni returned to his father, King Mulopwe, to collect fire, meaning the light of his reign, and, therefore, traditional rulership.

After Mukuni returned and kindled the fire of his reign, they continued on their journey, guided by Kaseba who was in the lead, riding on an elephant (S. Douglas Gray (1961), p3). In recognition of her role, she became Kaseba-Mashila, that is "clearer of paths", thus making Mukuni a pace setter. In the course of some days, they got to Lukanga swamps. From here, Mwanza separated from Mukuni. Mwanza went to the Maswaka country and has never been heard of since.

19/09/2022

3rd May 1866- Dr David Livingstones diary

“We rested in a Makon village, the head of which was an old woman. The Makoa or Makoané are known by a half-moon figure tattooed on their foreheads or elsewhere. Our poodle dog Chitané chased the dogs of this village with unrelenting fury, his fierce looks inspired terror among the wretched pariah dogs of a yellow and white colour, and those looks were entirely owing to its being difficult to distinguish at which end his head or tail lay. He enjoyed the chase of the yelping curs immensely, but if one of them had turned he would have bolted the other way.” Pg 33

14/09/2022

Mujimaizi was to distinguish himself in battle against the Lozi at a place near Ngwezi known as Musamumuyumu (the dry tree) Clark (1952)
“Another of the Mukuni’s was Mujimaizi, and it is said of him that forming an alliance with the Toka, he fought so bravely and killed so many Lozi with his battle-axe, and consequently to have been so exhausted, that he sat down at the foot of a tree and called to the Lozi to kill him – which of course they promptly did!”

Corrections to what Clark wrote: Balengu Mujimaizi ruled after Siankondo who was the Mukuni when Munali visited the falls, which means Mujimaizi ruled after not before the Makololo invasion because the Lozi’s gained independence by 1864 from them. And the dry tree dried after he was killed according to eye witnesses not before-

13/09/2022

Princess Nsingu from the household of Sekute with her crocodile 🐊

08/09/2022

Saddened by the news of Queen Elizabeth’s passing! She lived up to her vow- She is reunited with her husband.

"London Bridge Is Down"

Queen Elizabeth II, who took the throne in 1952 on African soil in Kenya has passed away at the age of 96.

After ruling for 70 years, many are left wondering what exactly happens now?

Operation London Bridge has been in place for many years and here's what it entails:

- There are to be 12 days of mourning

- The moment she passed, Charles became King - A note was pinned to Buckingham Palace announcing the news

- The phrase to communicate her passing was "London Bridge is

Down"

- TV and radio hosts have a specific plan: some have weeks' worth of planned content, all radio stations have 2 specialized playlists of mournful music, newscasters will wear black

Her funeral will be hosted 10 days after her death - She will lie in state before her funeral, and while she's there,

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Charles will take a four-day tour of Britain

07/09/2022

THE REASON WHY CHIEF CHIBESAKUNDA'S CHIEFDOM IS ALSO CALLED MUTAMBE:

Chief Chibesakunda's Chiefdom is also known as Mutambe, but where did the name mutambe come from? Well, here is a short history.
During the Bisa migration, the leader of that migration was Mwansabamba (now known as Senior Chief Kopa).Mwansabamba realised that the population of his Kingdom had increased so large therefore he decided to appoint some chiefs to help him rule the kingdom.( He was helped in making the appointments by Mungulube who was one of the eldest wise men at that time).
Among those that were appointed , is Chief Chibeskandu and he was give the people and area to rule.
Now as the new chief and his people were trying to explore their newly given territory, they came across a very beautiful looking plain near the Mansha River.Then those that were in front of the group shoulted to others" Iseni Mutambe Impanga Ubusuma" (meaning come and see how nice this place is).This how the name Mutambe came about.
Because the place looked so nice, they decided to stay there and named the place Mutambe.
It has been called so ever since.

Source : Chinamanongo Traditional Ceremony for the Bisa speaking people

05/09/2022

THE MUKUNI MARTYRS

Every year on the last day of Basilombelombe ceremony, everyone dresses in Red and Black- to honor our martyrs Prince Syamvula, Prince Mumpata, Prince Magusi, Princess Nakaumbu, who where executed on the same day at different locations (now named after them) to provide royal blood for use in a cloaking spell to make a Village invisible when under siege.

The sites Nakaumbu, Siamvula, Mumpata, Magusi, Namasiwa and Kabanga are dedicated or are in honour of princes, princesses and kings who died while on call of traditional duty and who are therefore, every year, honoured with royal visits at their death points.

The other two sites are Namuyola and Adyango for the two Kings Mushiba (speared to death and Siankondo poisoned).

03/09/2022

Happy Birthday Rita Mufaya -

31/08/2022

Happy belated Birthday to Her Royal Highness:Bedyango, Mukalunga II the IX. Bedyango is Chief Priestess, Tribal Matriarch. She's in charge of Land, all religious, cultural activities.

We wish you many returns your Highness.

Source: Mukuni village page

30/08/2022

Changwe Mwape II. The warrior chieftainess of the Ambo people of Muchinga province who controlled trade routes in the area from Mulembo northern province to Msanzara- She fraught with guns and once seizing an entire consignment of arms from a Portuguese trader.

Source: leading ladies

27/08/2022

“During the 17th century, around 1650, Mwambwa, a semi-mythical or divine woman, led the Luyi along the Kabompo River into the upper Zambezi plain.

They met little resistance from the earlier inhabitants, hunter gatherers who fled to the south-west and some Bantu Speaking hunters such as the Manyengo and Mwenyi

Queen Mwambwa was succeeded by daughter Mbuyu Wa Mwambwa who abdicated in favor of her son Mboo Muyunda, the first Lintunga (Male Ruler).

Mboo's succession to power was followed by a period of expansion.”

Source : Nchezy History

25/08/2022

Chief Chitmukulu Kafula Musungu Chitimukulu ###III of the Bemba people of Northern province 1946

25/08/2022

Adamson Mushala-Freedom fighter or rebel aka Enemy number one of the Zambian State. He led a gorilla warfare against the UNIP govt in NW province but was eventually ended in the one party state of KK.

24/08/2022

Battle axes-Following the Baleya Lozi (Kololo) war, the Baleya Batebe (princes) and Banabengwelele (princesses) born to Sindele Sinyemba Munokalya Mukuni X and his second wife, and led by Kayuni, their eldest brother, migrated from the area of Mukuni (Kuzuka) near Livingstone deep into Gwembe Valley, to establish the Leya Bene Mukuni Banakokalya, that is Princely Chieftain of Kayuni, but today called Mwemba among the Tonga (G. Kaulu (1995), p1-5). Thus, in Kariba Studies (1960), Professor Colson, on page 168, states that "on the eve of colonization any class structure of chiefs, nobles and commoners was alien to Tonga thinking, except in upper river (Mwemba area) where people spoke of Banakokalya. These, they said, were members of the Chief's lineage. Banakokalya, and their children have an air of assurance and temper their courtesy with courtliness which strikes the observer from other parts of Tonga country."

23/08/2022

Buried alive:The king that could never die.

The wise king Mukuni Sichichele VII(7th Mukuni ) had reigned for a very loooong time to the disappointment of his sister’s and their children and grand children and great grandchildren-that had in turn became old. Many attempts were made to poison him but it was all to no avail. Eventually, he was invited to attend a funeral, but little did he know that it would be his own- the old king was pushed into an empty grave and buried alive. It was said that for days, his voice could be heard cursing the entire village to never move again-which they haven’t. The immortal king died and was reburied at the royal village burial site and given a proper send off ceremony.

“They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.”

21/08/2022

The courts of Muzamba! Her palace was called Nanjina (Lice) because they were open for anyone regardless of their status. She reigned as Bedyango during the early 1930s. Her husband was a convert to Christianity, and she loved to pull his leg in front of the congregation metaphorically-once announcing through a window in a quiet service ,”Your to***co (Tombwi) is on the drum when you are done-have you heard?”

20/08/2022

Eventuary! Passing my congratulations to His Majesty King MisuZulu on his successful coronation today- was happy to see the Mpezeni and the Ngoni’s from Malawi in attendance- very historical moment after hundreds of years of separation and migrations.

Bayethe Wena Wendlovu

20/08/2022

Princess Mukamamu-Become the wife of Sekute Kongo Cheete in a bid to prevent the unleashing of a weaponized small pox virus contained in a clay pot. She was made Queen(Bedyango) of the Leya people after being rescued by a special unit sent by her brother the king-She unfortunately proceeded to illegally poison him (young brother) and installing her son with Sekute as Mukuni