Lozi people

E282344
Bantu people ethnic group

The Lozi people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting western Zambia, known for their centralized monarchy under the Litunga and their annual Kuomboka ceremony marking the Zambezi River’s flood season.

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Label Occurrences
Lozi people canonical 10

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoInCountry Angola ⓘ
Botswana ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
annualCeremony Kuomboka ceremony ⓘ
autonym Lozi ⓘ
capitalOfKingdom Lealui ⓘ
ceremonialBargeName Nalikwanda ⓘ
colonialEraProtectorate Barotseland region ⓘ
surface form: Barotseland-North-Western Rhodesia
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zambia ⓘ
culturalRegion Barotse Floodplain ⓘ
surface form: Upper Zambezi floodplain
demonym Lozi ⓘ
drySeasonCapital Lealui ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Zambia ⓘ
famousFor Kuomboka ceremony ⓘ
centralized monarchy ⓘ
historicalName Aluyi ⓘ
Luyi ⓘ
language Lozi language ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger-Congo languages
mainEconomicActivity cattle herding ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
floodplain agriculture ⓘ
migrationPattern seasonal movement with floods ⓘ
neighbouringEthnicGroup Mbunda people ⓘ
Nkoya people ⓘ
Tonga people ⓘ
populationCountry Zambia ⓘ
primaryRegion Barotseland Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Barotseland

Western Province, Zambia ⓘ
regionType floodplain ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
riverAssociated Zambezi River ⓘ
subgroups Kwandi people ⓘ
Liuwa people ⓘ
Makoma people ⓘ
Mankoya people ⓘ
Mbunda people ⓘ
traditionalKingdom Barotseland Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Barotseland
traditionalMonarchy Litunga ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalSystem hereditary monarchy ⓘ
traditionalRulerResidence Lealui ⓘ
traditionalTitleOfKing Litunga ⓘ
wetSeasonCapital Limulunga ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Lozi → ethnicGroup → Lozi people ⓘ
Barotse Floodplain → associatedPeople → Lozi people ⓘ
Tonga people → neighboringGroups → Lozi people ⓘ
“Mosi-oa-Tunya” in the Lozi language → partOfCulturalHeritageOf → Lozi people ⓘ
subject surface form: Mosi-oa-Tunya
Rozi → alternateNameOf → Lozi people ⓘ
Rotse → alternativeNameOf → Lozi people ⓘ
Rotse → ethnicallyIdenticalTo → Lozi people ⓘ
Kololo → conquered → Lozi people ⓘ
Barotseland region → traditionalInhabitants → Lozi people ⓘ
subject surface form: Barotseland
Barotseland region → ethnicGroup → Lozi people ⓘ
subject surface form: Barotseland