page_title: Lewanika
hierarchical_section_title: Lewanika
caption_attribution_description: English: Lewanika photographed during his visit to Edinburgh in 1902
context_page_description: Lewanika was the Lozi Litunga of Barotseland from 1878 to 1916.
  A detailed, although biased, description of King 'Lubossi' can be found in the Portuguese explorer Alexandre de Serpa Pinto's 1878–1879 travel narrative Como eu atravessei a África.
context_section_description: Lewanika (1842–1916) (also known as Lubosi, Lubosi Lewanika or Lewanika I) was the Lozi Litunga (King) of Barotseland from 1878 to 1916 (with a break in 1884-5).
  A detailed, although biased, description of King 'Lubossi' (the spelling used) can be found in the Portuguese explorer Alexandre de Serpa Pinto's 1878–1879 travel narrative Como eu atravessei a África (How I Crossed Africa, in English translation).
caption: Lewanika photographed during his visit to Edinburgh in 1902
exif: {}