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Mbololo (king)

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Other names
  
Mpololo

Other name
  
Mpololo

Title
  
King of the Makololo tribe

Relatives
  
Sebetwane (brother) Mamochisane (niece) Sekeletu (nephew)

Mbololo (or Mpololo) was a Litunga (chief) of Makololo tribe, a successor of Liswaniso. He ruled 1863 - 1864. He was the last king of Makololo dynasty.

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Family

Mbololo was a brother of the King Sebetwane and uncle of the Queen Mamochisane and King Sekeletu.

Reign

He was a successor of the king Liswaniso and he seized the kingship in 1863. He was even more unpopular then Sekeletu.

He was very cruel and was overthrown by a force led by a Lozi contingent from the north in August 1864. After his death general Njekwa destroyed Makololo.

View of Coillard

The French missionary François Coillard, who had read much of David Livingstone’s work noted:

References

Mbololo (king) Wikipedia