- 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...
- 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...
-
Modjadji V (27
April 1937 – 28 June 2001) was the
fifth Rain
Queen of the
Balobedu Nation in the
Limpopo Province of
South Africa from 1981
until her death...
-
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...
- VII (b. 20
January 2005) is the
reigning and
seventh in a line of the
Balobedu tribe's Rain Queens. She was
formally recognized as the
queen by the South...
- Jack Krige's
Lobedu Fieldwork Photographs from the 1930s".
Kronos (38): 47–81. ISSN 0259-0190. JSTOR 41940661. "South
African Balobedu People Crown 'Rain...
-
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. They
refer to
their land as
Bulozi or Barotseland. The word...
- males. The Rain
Queen of the
Balobedu nation has been
cited as an
example of
matrilineal primogeniture.
Since 1800, the
Balobedu Royal Council has appointed...
