Mongu is the home city of the Lozi (or Barotse) people, who speak a language
derived in part from that of the Makololo, related to the South African Sesotho
language. The Lozi ruler, the Litunga, has a dry season palace 12 km
north-west at Lealui on the floodplain, and a flood season palace on higher
ground at Limulunga, 17 km north. The Kuomboka ceremony marks the court's
transfer between the two locations.
At the end of the 18th century, a significant number of
Mbunda have come to settle here,coming from
