Kololo people

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The Kololo people are a historical Sotho-Tswana group from southern Africa known for their 19th-century migrations and political influence in regions of present-day Zambia and Botswana.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kololo people canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sotho-Tswana people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Zambezi River ⓘ
capitalRegion Barotseland ⓘ
linked to: Barotseland Kingdom
conquered Lozi people ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
defeatedBy restored Lozi leadership ⓘ
encountered European explorers ⓘ
European missionaries ⓘ
ethnicRelation Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people

Batswana ⓘ
linked to: Tswana people
ethnolinguisticGroup Sotho-Tswana ⓘ
formedPolityWithName Kololo kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
historicalStatus largely assimilated ⓘ
introducedLanguageInfluenceTo Lozi language ⓘ
involvedIn mfecane ⓘ
linked to: Mfecane
knownFor establishing political dominance in parts of present-day Zambia ⓘ
influence in present-day Botswana ⓘ
long-distance migration ⓘ
spreading Sotho-Tswana language features into Barotseland ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
legacy Sotho elements in Lozi language ⓘ
historical memory in Barotseland ⓘ
migratedFrom southern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Southern Africa
migratedTo Barotseland ⓘ
linked to: Barotseland Kingdom

present-day Botswana ⓘ
present-day Zambia ⓘ
linked to: Zambia
militaryCharacteristic mounted warriors ⓘ
partOf Sotho peoples ⓘ
Tswana-Sotho cultural sphere ⓘ
politicalInfluenceIn Barotseland ⓘ
linked to: Barotseland Kingdom

Upper Zambezi region ⓘ
parts of present-day Botswana ⓘ
present-day western Zambia ⓘ
politicalStructure centralized chieftaincy ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
religion traditional African religion ⓘ
resultedIn Sotho-Tswana and Lozi cultural blending ⓘ
ruledOver Lozi people ⓘ
socialOrganization chiefdom-based ⓘ
timeOfMigration early 19th century ⓘ
timeOfPoliticalDominance mid-19th century ⓘ
usedWeapon shields ⓘ
spears ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Kololo language → spokenBy → Kololo people ⓘ
Difaqane → involves → Kololo people ⓘ
Sebetwane → led → Kololo people ⓘ
Mbololo → ethnicGroup → Kololo people ⓘ
Lozi kingdom → laterDominatedBy → Kololo people ⓘ
Lozi kingdom → regainedControlFrom → Kololo people ⓘ