Barotseland Kingdom

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Lozi kingdom historic African monarchy pre-colonial African state traditional kingdom

Barotseland Kingdom is a historic African monarchy of the Lozi (Rotse) people, centered in present-day western Zambia and known for its distinct political and cultural traditions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Barotseland	9
Barotse Kingdom	2
Barotse kingdom	1
Barotseland Protectorate	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lozi kingdom ⓘ historic African monarchy ⓘ pre-colonial African state ⓘ traditional kingdom ⓘ
borderedBy	Angola (historical region) NERFINISHED ⓘ Botswana (historical proximity) ⓘ Namibia (Caprivi region, historical proximity) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Lealui NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongu NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Zambia ⓘ
culturalRegion	Barotseland NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Lozi people NERFINISHED ⓘ Rotse people NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerColonialPower	British South Africa Company NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicalFeature	Barotse Floodplain NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambezi floodplain NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCustomaryLaw	Lozi customary law NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomyBasedOn	cattle herding ⓘ floodplain agriculture ⓘ
hasEthnonym	Barotse NERFINISHED ⓘ Lozi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGovernmentType	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasLanguage	Silozi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Lozi religion ⓘ
hasRuler	Litunga of Barotseland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSuccession	hereditary succession ⓘ
hasSymbol	Lozi royal barge Nalikwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTraditionalCouncil	Kuta (Lozi council) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	colonial period ⓘ post-colonial period ⓘ pre-colonial period ⓘ
integratedInto	Republic of Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedYear	1964 ⓘ
knownFor	Lozi royal ceremonies ⓘ distinct cultural traditions ⓘ distinct political traditions ⓘ
legalInstrument	Barotseland Agreement 1964 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Africa ⓘ western Zambia ⓘ
notableEvent	Kuomboka ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Northern Rhodesia (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus	autonomous region (historical) ⓘ traditional kingdom within Zambia ⓘ
recognizedAs	native authority under British rule ⓘ
rulerTitle	Litunga NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalAuthority	Barotse Royal Establishment NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Bulozi Plain → associatedKingdom → Barotseland Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barotse Kingdom

Litunga → associatedKingdom → Barotseland Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barotse Kingdom

Kololo → conquered → Barotseland Kingdom ⓘ

this entity surface form: Barotse kingdom

Kuomboka ceremony → culturalContext → Barotseland Kingdom ⓘ