Lewanika (also known as Lubosi Lewanika or Lewanika I) was the Lozi

Lozi people

The Lozi people are an ethnic group primarily of western Zambia, inhabiting the region of Barotseland. Lozi are also found in Namibia , Angola and Botswana.-Name:...

 Litunga

Litunga

The Litunga of Barotseland is the king or paramount chief of the Lozi people. The Litunga resides near the Zambezi River and the town of Mongu, at Lealui on the floodplain in the dry season, and on higher ground at Limulunga on the edge of the floodplain in the wet season...

 (king or paramount chief) of Barotseland

Barotseland

Barotseland is a region in the western part of Zambia, and is the homeland of the Lozi people or Barotse who were previously known as Luyi or Aluyi. Its heartland is the Barotse Floodplain on the upper Zambezi River, also known as Bulozi or Lyondo, but it includes the surrounding higher ground of...

 from 1878 to 1916 (with a break in 1884-5). Lewanika brought Barotseland, now part of Zambia

Zambia

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, under British

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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 control in 1890, when he agreed with Cecil Rhodes for the region to become a protectorate

Protectorate

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 under the British South Africa Company

British South Africa Company

The British South Africa Company was established by Cecil Rhodes through the amalgamation of the Central Search Association and the Exploring Company Ltd., receiving a royal charter in 1889...

 (BSAC). However, he felt deceived by the BSAC terms as they worked in practice, and he appealed, unsuccessfully, to the British Crown.

Lewanika's fourth son Mbikusita reigned as Litunga from 1968 to 1977 as Lewanika II. The Lewanika name is used as part of a family name, for instance by Lewanika II's children Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika

Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika

Prince Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika is a Zambian politician and businessman with a princely title. He was a founding member of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy...

, a Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

n statesman and *Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika

Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika

Princess Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika is a Zambian politician currently serving as Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States of America. She presented her credentials to U.S. President George W. Bush on 26 February 2003.She is the daughter of King Lewanika II of Barotseland...

, an ambassador of the Republic of Zambia in the United States

United States

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