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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rozi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Barotse ⓘ
linked to: Barotse Floodplain

Lozi ⓘ
alternateNameOf Lozi people ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Zambia ⓘ
demographicMajorityIn Western Province of Zambia ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Zambia ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage royal barge Nalikwanda used in Kuomboka ⓘ
linked to: Kuomboka ceremony
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 ⓘ
linked to: Barotseland region

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Lozi → alternateName → Rozi ⓘ
Silozi → alternateName → Rozi ⓘ