Kololo

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Kololo refers to the Sotho-speaking people whose 19th-century migration and conquest in south-central Africa significantly influenced the formation and language of the Lozi kingdom in present-day Zambia.

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Label Occurrences
Kololo canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sotho-Tswana people
ethnic group
associatedModernCountry Botswana
Namibia
Zambia
associatedWithTerritory Barotseland region
surface form: Barotseland
capitalDuringRule Linyanti Swamp
surface form: Linyanti
conflictWith Ndebele people
surface form: Ndebele

Tswana groups
conquered Barotseland Kingdom
surface form: Barotse kingdom

Lozi people
continent Africa
culturalImpact bilingualism in Sotho-Tswana and Lozi among elites
economy cattle-based economy
encountered David Livingstone
ethnicLanguageFamily Sotho–Tswana languages
surface form: Sotho-Tswana languages
ethnogenesisImpact formation of modern Lozi identity
historicalStatus conquering minority over Lozi majority
influenced Lozi language
formation of the Lozi kingdom in present-day Zambia
political structure of Barotseland
introducedLanguageElements Sotho-Tswana elements into Lozi
involvedIn Mfecane
language Kololo dialect of Sotho-Tswana
leader Mbololo
Sebetwane
Sekeletu
legacy Sotho-based component of modern Lozi language
hybrid Lozi-Kololo aristocratic culture
migratedFrom Southern Africa
surface form: southern Africa
migratedTo Barotseland Kingdom
surface form: Barotseland

present-day western Zambia
migrationCause regional upheavals of the Mfecane
militaryOrganization regiment-based army
notableMigration 19th-century northward migration during the Mfecane
overthrowLeader Lewanika I (Lozi)
overthrownBy Lozi aristocracy
politicalSystem centralized chieftaincy
region south-central Africa
religion traditional African religions
ruleBegan circa 1840s
ruledOver Lozi kingdom
ruleEnded circa 1864
socialStructure age-based regiments
subsistence agriculture
pastoralism
timePeriod 19th century

Referenced by (2)

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Lozi alternateName Kololo
Mfecane hasKeyGroup Kololo