Setlutlu
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Setlutlu was a Queen as a consort of King Sebetwane
Sebetwane
Sebetwane was a Southern African king, Basotho chief. He established the large and powerful Makololo nation in what is now southwestern Zambia after an arduous migration from his original home - Free State Province....

, chief of Makololo tribe. She is also known as Masekeletu.

Her brother-in-law was the king Mbololo
Mbololo (king)
Mbololo was a Litunga of Makololo tribe, a successor of Liswaniso. He ruled 1863 - 1864. He was the last king of Makololo dynasty.-Family:...

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Biography

Sebetwane originally awarded Setlutlu to Lechae, one of his young commanders. Later she married Sebetwane. She bore him a son Sekeletu
Sekeletu
Sekeletu was the Makololo King of Barotseland in western Zambia from about 1851 to his death in 1863.- Biography :Sekeletu was a son of the King Sebetwane and Queen Setlutlu. He succeeded his half-sister Mamochisane, who had decided to step down from the throne...

, who later became a ruler.

David Livingstone
David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...

 met the queen at Naliele. She had much influence over the commanders that Sibituane left.

Setlutlu was a grandmother of Princes Litali and Sesane.

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