1. Ruth Mulela Njebele was born around 1890 in Zambia. She was descended matrilineally from Nosiku, who married Muyungwa. Nosiku and Muyungwa had a daughter named Kabukabu Lungowe, who was Ruth's mother. 2. Ruth's father was named Njebele Kalaluka. His lineage is traced back paternally. He had several wives and many children and grandchildren. 3. The document thoroughly details the multi-generational family tree of Ruth Mulela Njebele and her ancestors on both her mother and father's sides. It traces the lineage and descendants of all her close relatives.

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HISTORY OF RUTH MULELA NJEBELE (~ 1890 – 1992)
Ruth Mulela Njebele was born around 1900 in the village of Nalunembwe as
follows:-
1. RUTH MULELA NJEBELE’S MATERNAL GENEALOGY
A man called Sishekanu got married to Kabukabu and begot Nosiku, a daughter, and
Akakulubelwa, a son.
Nosiku got married to Muyungwa, the son of Namangolwa and Beunja
Muyungwa was originated in Senanga. He escaped to the north due to war.
Muyungwa was also known as Musialela.
Nosiku and Musialela got married and begot Kabukabu Lungowe, a daughter, who
begot Ruth Mulela Njebele.
Akakulubelwa, the brother to Nosiku, got married to Mulemi. They begot Congo who
begot Sishekanu and Mbangweta.
Congo was still alive at the time of writing in 1980. Congo and Kabukabu were
therefore first cousins.
Lungowe Kabukabu was captured in war and taken to Kataba.
2. MULELA NJEBELE’S PATERNAL GENEALOGY
Njebele was the son of Kalaluka; his name of Njebele was given to him by his mother
Mulela, of the Toka tribe from Sesheke. His father gave him the name of Mutonga.
Kalaluka’s parents were Muweswa and Mwangala of Linu village.
Kalaluka was sent to Sesheke by the Barotse Royal Establishment for an assignment
called “ku tiba malibuho” (translation is being thought at the time of writing”.
Whilst Kalaluka was in Sesheke he got married to Mulela, a Toka.
Mulela had an incurable heart problem. She committed suicide as a result of this.
Kalaluka died during the war with the Toka. Njebele was left with Kalaluka’s serf
Changu.

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During that war, Katapa (a Mbunda and a grandfather to Mabote) captured Changu
whilst Njebele was strapped on her back. Njebele was brought up by Katapa at
Namakomena village. He concealed from the Lozi people the fact that Njebele was
the son of Induna Kalaluka.
3. NJEBELE’S MARRIAGES
1. His first wife was Ma-Kamba, who was a serf (mutanga) of Mwandawande,
the village Headman of Moonga village. They begot Davida Njebele.
2. He then married Kabukabu in a polygamous marriage with Ma-Kamba
3. He then married Kayula (a Kwangwa). They begot Kamitondo, the father to
Kambai.
4. He then married Cangu (a Kwangwa). They begot Malumo (kakota muyema a
nosi) the lone small tree.
How did the family of Alexander Njebele, the son to Davida Njebele, find themselves in
Mbulumakanda (Moonga) village?
His grandmother (ma- Kamba) was a serf of Mwandawande. Davida Njebele and his mother
(ma- Kamba) were brought up in Moonga village.
Kabukabu, who was married to Njebele in a polygamous marriage with ma- Kamba, was
staying at Namakomena village of Ndangule, a Mbunda.
4. DAVIDA NJEBELE
Davida Njebele was the first born son of Njebele Kalaluka (see above)
Kabukabu, who was married to Njebele Kalaluka in a polygamous marriage with ma- Kamba,
was staying at Namakomena village of Ndangule, a Mbunda.
Davida Njebele’s children with Akatama of Liyelo village are Alexander Njebele and Ma Itwi
Sitali

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5. DAVIDA NJEBELE’S SECOND WIFE
Njebele Kalaluka was hidden by Katapa at Namakomena village and was not taken to Lealui
after the death of his father in Sesheke (see above).
When he grew up he married Kabukabu, they were under bondage before, Njebele under
Katapa and Kabukabu in the area called Kataba.
Simakumba and Akakulubelwa of Nalunembwe village went to Kataba and freed Kabukabu
from “mańete” (foreigners), who captured her during war.
She got married to Njebele Kalaluka after her liberation from the mańete of Kataba.
6. CHILDREN OF NJEBELE KALALUKA WITH LUNGOWE KABUKABU (MA-
KALALUKA)
6.1 Kalaluka (son) – Ndate Nosiku (Father to Bo Ilubala and Bo Nosiku)
6.2 Musialela (son) – Ndate Uyoya (Father to Bo Robert Uyoya, his only child)
6.3 Mulela (daughter) - Ma Njebele (Ma Sezongo) got married to Joshua Nasilele
(see details of their children elsewhere)
6.4 Inonge (daughter) – (Ma Kufanga) got married to Mwanamwambwa of
Limulunga (see details of their children elsewhere)
6.5 Sishekanu (son) – father to Akakulubelwa, Musialela and Kabisa with Ma
Wamundila
Sishekanu is also Father to Mulima (Susu) with another woman.
Njebele Kalaluka then divorced Lungowe Kabukabu and married Cangu (a Kwangwa) and
they begot Malumo (Kakota -muyema - a- nosi).
Njebele again married Kayula (a Kwangwa) and they begot Kamitondo

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7. GRANDCHILDREN OF NJEBELE KALALUKA WITH LUNGOWE
KABUKABU (MA- KALALUKA)
7.1 Kalaluka the first born child and son of Njebele begot Nosiku and Ilubala
7.2 Musialela the second child and son begot Robert Uyoya
7.3 Inonge the third child and daughter begot Kufanga (daughter), Kalaluka
(daughter), Nyambe, Ińutu, Elias Mwakoi (son), Lubasi (son) , Njebele (son) and
Mulela ( daughter) commonly known as Kakumbukwa
7.4 Mulela the fourth child and daughter begot Alice Njebele (daughter), Mareta
(Martha) Lungowe (daughter), Eleazare Nasilele(Eleazar) son, Frederick
Akakulubelwa ( son) and Sifuniso (son)
7.5 Sishekanu the last born child and son begot Mulima (susu) a daughter, Moffat
Akakulubelwa ( son), Killer Musialela (son) and Kabisa (son)
8. GRANDCHILD OF NJEBELE KALALUKA WITH MA KAMBA
Davida Njebele the only son with Ma Kamba begot Alexander Njebele
9. GRANDCHILDEN OF NJEBELE KALALUKA WITH KAYULA
Kamitondo the only son with Kayula begot Kaambai (son), Sibeso (daughter) and
Njebele (son)
I have no proper record of the lineage of the Njebele and Kayula family. However, there is
one Njebele family of bo ma Kashoba from the Kangombe Village which needs to be
researched and included in this book.
10. GRANDCHILDREN OF NJEBELE KALALUKA WITH CHANGU
Malumo the only son with Changu begot Christopher Njebele (Lizangunda) a son,
Masiliso (daughter), Katete (daughter), Sililo (daughter) and Likando (son).

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11. LUNGOWE KABUKABU’S SECOND MARRIAGE (WITH MUKELABAI)
Kabukabu got married to Mukelabai. They begot Nelson Kawanambulu and
Defender Kaywala.
11.1 Nelson Kawanambulu begot Wabei (daughter), Mukatimui (daughter) and
Wamulume (son).
11.2 Defender Kaywala (the last born in the Noshaa clan of Kabukabu) begot
Kabukabu (daughter), Wamulume (son), Naluca (daughter) and Inonge (
daughter)
11.3 Mukatimui (daughter of Nelson Kawanambulu) begot Kabuku, Mukelabai,
Mubukwanu, Mwangala, In’utu, Lubasi , Mukumbuta and Mwendabai.
12. GREAT GRAND CHILDREN OF NJEBELE KALALUKA
12.1 Nosiku Kalaluka begot Bennet, Shaw and Mulele (with Apostle Sitali
Mukubesa)
12.2 Ilubala Kalaluka begot Kalaluka (son), Wabei (daughter), Monde (daughter),
and Kalaluka again (son) with Namitondo of Likuli village.
12.3 Uyoya Musialela begot Samuele Musialela (son), Daniele Musialela (Kafufe),
(son) Mary Lwandamo (ma Uyoya) a daughter, Gertrude Kabukabu (daughter)
and Sepo (daughter) with Kabandala as well as Patrick Muyatwa (son) with
Muyauluka of Lwandui ( ma Kabandala)
Uyoya Musialela also begot Loveness Lungowe, Inonge, Susan Nosiku, Musa ,
Musialela and Thabo with ma Lungowe
12.4 Alice Njebele, the daughter of Mulela, begot Michael Mufungulwa (son) with
Kalaluka of Sikuyu village in Senanga.
12.5 Mareta Lungowe, the daughter of Mulela, begot Fanny Namangolwa with
Muyunda of Mwandawande.
12.6 Eleazare Nasilele, the son of Joshua Nasilele, begot Henry Musialela, Pauline
Kabukabu, Alexina Ińutu, Fenny Nosiku and Ernest Mukololo.

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12.7 Frederick Akakulubelwa, the son of Joshua Nasilele, begot Mubita,
Mwitumwa, Nasilele (Shokota), Sikopo, Sheba, Wabei, Kusiyo , Nosiku, Lungowe,
Kabisa, Akakulubelwa and Mwangala
12.8 Alexander Njebele, the son of Davida Njebele, begot Akatama, Mwangala,
Wakunyambo, Mulela, Etambuyu, Mataa, Inonge, Namukolo, Lubasi, Mbanga,
and Njebele
12.9 Ma Itwi Sitali, the daughter of Davida Njebele, begot Muhau (Ma Lubomba)
with Lubomba of Nakato.
12.10 Christopher Njebele (Lizangunda), the son of Malumo, begot Wamusheke
and Matauka with Wabei Lisulo of Mukwamalundu village.
12.11 Kufanga (ma Governor) Mwanamwambwa, the daughter of Inonge, begot
Munukayumbwa, Kakumbukwa (Mulela), Inonge, Lubinda, Mwiya and Ng’engela.
12.12 Kalaluka Mwanamwambwa(Boma Lubasi) begot only daughter
Akakumbukwa(Boma Simaata)
12.13 Lubasi Mwanamwambwa, the son of Inonge Njebele begot Mwambwa,
Mwangala, Inonge, Mbangweta, Musialela, Namukolo, Muyenga, Ińutu and
Masialeleti with Muso Muyenga of Sefula Musindi and Nakubiana, Nakambowa,
Kakumbukwa(Eliza) with Mushiba Nakambowa of Mbale Kaoma.
12.14 Mwakoi Mwanamwambwa, the son of Inonge Njebele begot Inonge ,Kotutu,
Lungowe, Nasilele, Mwanamwambwa, Sandabwani, Musialike ,Wabei and Annie
Manyando and Lubasi with Manyando Kabayo of Makonde and Akakulubwelwa,
Kalaluka, In’utu, Kwalombota, Akakumbukwa , Njebele and Pumulo with Kabuku
Liswaniso of Mbalala
12.15 Njebele Mwanamwambwa, the son of Inonge Njebele begot Inonge,
Kabukabu, Chaze, Ińutu, Mwakoi, Mubukwanu, Akakumbukwa and Kalaluka.
12.16 Akakumbukwa(Mulela) Mwanamwambwa begot Namakau(Bo Vero),
Mulako, Inonge, Lungowe,Mwanamwambwa, Mukelabai, In’utu, Muyunda,
Kalaluka and Muibawa

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13. THE CLAN OF NOSIKU ( INOSIKU) WHERE LUNGOWE KABUKABU ORIGINATES
FROM IN NALUNEMBWE VILLAGE
13.1 The name of the woman who begot Mulela Njebele (my grandmother) is
Kabukabu from her mother Nosiku. Nosiku who was also called Kabukabu and
she brought this name to her daughter. Lungowe was the name given to her
from her father’s side.
13.2 The only brother of Kabukabu was called Mwananyanda Muyungwa
Musialela
13.3 Relatives of Nosiku in Nalunembwe Village are:-
13.3.1 Imasiku Akokwa (male)
13.3.2 Lubasi (male)
13.3.3 Inonge (female) – the mother of Litunga Lewanika
13.3.4 Sishwati – the mother of Inyamawina
13.3.5 Kabukabu who begot Wabei, Nosiku, Akakulubelwa, Simonwa and
Lutongwanyama.
14. THE ORIGIN OF THE NOSHAA CLAN OF NOSIKU
14.1 Nyambe Kaongolo is the origin of the Noshaa- Lunda clan.
Mwambwa begot Mbuywamwambwa where Nakatindi (Mwiko) and where
Ilubala originates from.
14.2 Ilubala married Mwangala and begot Nakatindi.
14.3 Nakatindi begot Kabukabu
14.4 Kabukabu begot Namasiku (Alui name) or Nosiku ( Makololo name)
14.5 Nosiku begot Kabukabu ( the mother of Kalaluka, Inonge, Mulela, Musialela
and Sishekanu )
14.6 Ilubala again married Ma Kampwamba and begot Inonge.
14.7 Inonge is the mother of Litunga Lubosi, Lewanika la Mafwici (Unifier of
Nations).

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Litunga Lubosi Lewanika (1842–1916)
Photo taken in 1092 in Edinburgh (UK) during his visit to see Queen Victoria
The name “Lewanika” was a nickname was given to him by the Luvale tribe
after Lewanika allowed them to settle in Barotseland from Angola and live
amongst the Lozi people.
That is why it is even to this day, one finds Luvale and Mbunda villages
amongst the Lozi villages scattered all over Barotseland !
NOTE: This part of the Mulela Njebele history maybe a bit confusing to understand.
However, it is showing how the Noshaa clan is related to the Barotse Royal family of
Mwambwa, Mbuywamwambwa and Nakatindi. This is to say that Kabukabu was of royal
blood!