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.

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Label Occurrences
Rozi canonical 2

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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

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Referenced by (2)

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

Lozi alternateName Rozi
Silozi alternateName Rozi