Paramount Chief Mpezeni is the King of the Ngoni people of Zambia's Eastern Province and Malawi's Mchinji district.

Overview

The chieftainship was founded by Zwangendaba, a former general of King Shaka of the Zulu, who fled the mfecane. It is named after the Ngoni warrior-king Mpezeni (also spelt Mpeseni) who rose up in 1897 with over 4000 warriors against the British who were taking control of Nyasaland and North-Eastern Rhodesia, and was defeated. He signed a treaty which allowed him to rule as Paramount Chief of the Ngoni and his successors use his name in the title to this day. [1][2]

Paramount Chiefs or Inkosi ya makosi (1815 to date)

  • Zwangendaba (1815–1848)
  • Regency (1848–?)
  • Mpezeni I (1848–1900)
  • Mpezeni II (1900–1928)
  • Mpezeni III (1928–1981)
  • Mpezeni IV (1981 to date)


References

  1. ↑ T W Baxter: "The Angoni Rebellion and Mpeseni." The Northern Rhodesia Journal, Vol I, No. 2, pp14-24 (1950). Website accessed 29 April 2007.
  2. ↑ "NGONI CHIEFTAINCY". The Awakening of the Angoni.
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