Lozi

American

[loh-zee] / ˈloʊ zi /

noun

a Bantu language spoken in Barotseland, in western Zambia.

Lozi British

/ ˈləʊzɪ /

noun

the language of the Barotse people of Zambia, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

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Among those played are the mbira, timbila, kalimba, guitar-lute, Lozi drums, tampura drone, bamboo pipe, Japanese koto zither, and double respiratory linguaphone.

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His predecessors struggled to preserve a degree of Lozi autonomy from the encroachments of Kenneth Kaunda's central government, but Lewanika is a realist and gave up the battle.

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