Rozi

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Rozi is an alternate name for the Lozi people, a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting western Zambia and known for their rich cultural traditions and historical Barotseland kingdom.

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Rozi canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Barotse Floodplain
surface form: Barotse

Lozi
alternateNameOf Lozi people
continent Africa
country Zambia
demographicMajorityIn Western Province, Zambia
surface form: Western Province of Zambia
ethnicGroupOf Zambia
hasCulturalHeritage Kuomboka ceremony
surface form: royal barge Nalikwanda used in Kuomboka
hasCulturalPractice canoe-based transport on Zambezi floodplains
hasCulturalTradition Kuomboka ceremony
historicalAgreement Barotseland Agreement 1964
historicalStatusOfBarotseland protectorate under the British Empire
languageFamily Bantu languages
mainRiver Zambezi River
partOf Bantu ethnolinguistic groups of Southern Africa
primaryRegion Barotseland region
surface form: Barotseland

Western Province, Zambia
surface form: Western Zambia
regionType floodplain region
religion African traditional religion
Christianity
speaks Lozi language
subsistenceActivity agriculture
cattle herding
fishing
traditionalKingdom Barotseland Kingdom
surface form: Barotseland
traditionalPoliticalSystem centralized monarchy under the Litunga
traditionalRulerTitle Litunga
uses Lozi language
surface form: Lozi language as lingua franca in Western Zambia

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lozi alternateName Rozi
Silozi alternateName Rozi