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.

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Kololo people canonical 7

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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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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