Silumelume
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Silumelume
|native_name = Chief of Barotseland
|native_name_lang = Lozi language
|children= Maselokwa and Kutauka{{cn|date=August 2020}}
|successor =Mubukwanu (brother)
|relations= Mulambwa Santulu (father)
Monambeza (sister)
|image =Le Barotseland.jpg
|alt =Map of Barotseland
|imagesize=180px
|caption =Map of Barotseland in Zambia, kingdom of Silumelume
}}
Mulena Yomuhulu Mbumu wa Litunga Selumelume Muimui (or Silumelume) was a Chief of Barotseland in Africa.Kingdoms of the savanna by Jan Vansina
Family and life
Silumelume was a son of the King Mulambwa Santulu and thus grandson of King Mwanawina I.
Lozi people believed that he was a descendant of god Nyambe.{{cn|date=August 2020}}
He became a king in 1835 after his father died, but his brother Mubukwanu was not pleased with that.A history of Africa in the 19th century by Esther I. Njiro
= Death =
Silumelume was in fact chosen by the nation's council, but he was soon assassinated, perhaps on the instructions of his brother, who thereupon succeeded him.The Elites of Barotseland, 1878-1969 [https://books.google.com/books?id=9UgvebNqxOMC&dq=Silumelume&pg=PA9 by Gerald L. Caplan]
He was killed by Mwene Siengale during a session of the Khotla and was buried at Namaweshi.
= Children =
His wife is unknown, but his children were Maselokwa and Kutauka (gender unknown).
Sources
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060511000000/http://www.barotseland.com/history3.pdf Makololo interregnum and the legacy of David Livingstone] (PDF)
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