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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...
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succeeded by Rain
Queen Masalanabo Modjadji II. The
woman who
became the
first Modjadji was
known as
Maselekwane Modjadji I. She
lived in
complete seclusion...
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Mokope 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...
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Makobo Modjadji VI (Makobo
Caroline Modjadji; 22 July 1978 – 12 June 2005) was the
sixth in a line of the
Balobedu tribe's Rain Queens. It is believed...
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Limpopo Province of
South Africa with a
female ruler, the Rain
Queen Modjadji. It is
estimated that
there are
around 1
million BaLobedu in
South Africa...
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Masalanabo Modjadji 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...
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Khesetoane Modjadji III (1869 – 1959)
became the
third Rain
Queen from the
South African Balobedu nation of the
South African Limpopo Province. Khesetoane...
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Masalanabo Modjadji II (died 1894) was the
second Rain
Queen of the
South African Balobedu people.
Masalanabo reigned from 1854 to 1894. She was preceded...
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Makoma Modjadji IV (1905 – 1980) was the
fourth Rain
Queen of the
Balobedu tribe of the
Limpopo Province of
South Africa,
succeeding her mother, Queen...
- names,
Modjadji's cycad or
Modjadji's palm,
allude to the
female dynasty of the
Lobedu people, the Rain Queens,
whose hereditary name is
Modjadji. The queen...
