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==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
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Lewanika had good relations with the Indian High Commissioner in Kenya. It was through this channel that he managed to organise scholarships for [[Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe]], [[Mainza Chona]], [[Naluminno Mundia]] and [[Daniel Lisulo]] to go and study in India in the 1950s | |||
==Political career== | ==Political career== |
Revision as of 15:19, 17 January 2023
Godwin Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika II (born c1907 died 1977) was a Litunga (king) of Barotseland from 1968 to 1977. He was also a politician who founded the first political party in the country, the Northern Rhodesia Congress (NRC) in 1948.
Early life and education
Pioneering education
Lewanika had good relations with the Indian High Commissioner in Kenya. It was through this channel that he managed to organise scholarships for Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe, Mainza Chona, Naluminno Mundia and Daniel Lisulo to go and study in India in the 1950s
Political career
Books
As an author, Lewanika wrote the following books:[1]
- English-Lozi phrase book, (1949)
- English-Tonga phrase book (1950)
- A visit to England
- Yeta III's visit to England, 1937
- English-Bemba phrase book (1955)
- Some impressions of a visit to England
- Bibele ili buka ye kenile ya manzwi a mulimu: Testamente ya Kale ni ye Nca
See also
References
- ↑ Lewanika, Godwin A. Mbikusita approximately 1910-1976, WorldCat Identities