# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lewanika
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:00:52.973Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lewanika"
name: "Lewanika"
slug: "lewanika"
description: "Lewanika was the Lozi Litunga (King) of Barotseland from 1878 to 1884 and again from 1885 to 1916. \nA detailed, although biased, description of King 'Lubossi' can be found in the Portuguese explorer Alexandre de Serpa Pinto's 1878–1879 travel narrative Como eu atravessei a África."
tagline: "King of Barotseland (1842-1916)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lewanika_in_Edinburgh.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1842"
deathDate: "1916"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.36
  momentum:             6.237623762376237
  historical:           6.349713333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0_I"
    title: "Леваніка I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewanika"
    title: "Lewanika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewanika"
    title: "Lewanika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewanika_I."
    title: "Lewanika I."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewanika"
    title: "Lewanika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewanika"
    title: "Lewanika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewanika"
    title: "Lewanika"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1735746"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump