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Ngambela
The Ngambela is the chief councillor, or prime minister, of the Lozi kingdom of Barotseland. He leads the kuta, the council of titled officials, and is regarded as the representative of the people, entitled to speak for them and to oppose the Litunga. Under the colonial and Zambian governments he remained the leading figure of the Barotse Royal Establishment.
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