Barotse
Britishnoun
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a member of a Negroid people of central Africa living chiefly in SW Zambia
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the language spoken by this people; Lozi
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The Barotse leaders, it seemed, disliked federation, not because it brought too little freedom to their people, but because it might bring too much.
From Time Magazine Archive
We object to this act," said the Barotse, "because it did not come to us through our Paramount Chief, or even through the resident commissioner.
From Time Magazine Archive
His desire was to proceed to the country of the Barotse.
From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by William Garden Blaikie
Slaves might own slaves who in their turn might own slaves, the highest grade always being directly responsible to some Barotse chief.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
Of these natives the chief tribes are, first, the Barotse themselves, who are the most numerous, and who inhabit the low-lying country along the Zambesi Valley north of Sesheke, and up to Lia-Lui, their capital.
From South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time by Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson
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