Kololo (African people)

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Name (Latin)
Kololo (African people)
Other forms of name
Makololo (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Africa, Southern
Sotho (African people)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1779570
Library of congress: sh2003005814
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Kayongo, K. Reciprocity and interdependence : the rise and fall of the Kololo Empire in southern Africa in the 19th century, 1987.
  • Grotpeter, J. Historical dictionary of Zambia, 1998(Kololo (Makololo); Sotho-speaking people from area of the Orange Free State; fled across area of Botswana ca. 1830; conquered the Lozi, who adopted their language; disappeared after defeat by the Lozi in 1864)
  • Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara, 1997:v. 3, p. 58 (Kololo ruled the Lozi from 1830s until 1864)