- The
Lobedu or
Balobedu (also
known as the
BaLozwi or Bathobolo) are a
southern African ethnic group that
speak a
Northern Sotho dialect.
Their area is...
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Queen Modjadji, or the Rain Queen, is the
hereditary queen of
Balobedu, a
people of the
Limpopo Province of
South Africa. The Rain
Queen is
believed to...
- Jack Krige's
Lobedu Fieldwork Photographs from the 1930s".
Kronos (38): 47–81. ISSN 0259-0190. JSTOR 41940661. "South
African Balobedu People Crown 'Rain...
- Modjadji; 22 July 1978 – 12 June 2005) was the
sixth in a line of the
Balobedu tribe's Rain Queens. It is
believed by her
people that
Makobo Modjadji...
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Balobedu and
Bapedi . In the
extended area
around the town,
there are
approximately 225,000
people from the
Northern Sotho ethnic nation of
Balobedu ba...
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Maselekwane Modjadji I (died 1854) was the
first Rain
Queen of the
South African Balobedu nation.
Maselekwane reigned from 1800 to 1854. She was
succeeded by Rain...
- such as Malozi, Nyambe, Makololo, Barotse, Rotse, Rozi, Rutse, Balozi,
Balobedu, and Tozvi. The word "Lozi"
means "plain" in the
Makololo language, referring...
- town was
named in
honour of Rain
Queen Modjadji,
hereditary ruler of the
Balobedu people, the
indigenous people of the area and at some
stage the only ruling...
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Province and
Tembisa township in Gauteng. Its
speakers are
known as the
Balobedu. Se****na (also se****ne)
exists in
unwritten form and
forms part of the...
-
History goes to
state that
BoNtombo are
believed to be
descendants of the
Balobedu people found in
South Africa who are
today a
section of the
Bapedi tribe...
