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BaLobedu people
Balobedu
Regions with significant populations
Limpopo, Tzaneen
Languages
First language Khelobedu Second language English, Sepedi, and other South African Bantu Languages
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 called Bolobedu. The name "balobedu" means "the mineral miners," lobela or go loba, - to mine. Their ancestors were part of the great Mapungubwe early civilization. They have their own kingdom, the Balobedu Kingdom, within the 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. Their population is found in Greater Letaba Local Municipality (171 011 or 80.4% based on the 2011 census), Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality (200 000 or 46% based on the 2011 census), Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality (70 000 or 47% based on the 2011 census), Greater Giyani Local Municipality (20 000 or 6.4% based on the 2011 census), and smaller villages in Limpopo. Some are found in Gauteng province as labor migrants, especially in Tembisa and Alexandra townships.
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...
Lobedu or Lovedu may refer to: the Lobedupeople the Lobedu dialect This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lobedu. If an internal...
Museum in Pretoria. Venda people share ancestry with Lobedupeople and Kalanga people. They are also related to Sotho-Tswana peoples Sotho-Tswana and Shona...
primarily situated in Limpopo, Gauteng and northern Mpumalanga. The Pedi people are part of the Bantu ethnic group. Their common ancestors, along with the...
second or third language. Khelobedu is a written language. Lobedu is spoken by a majority of people in the Greater Tzaneen, Greater Letaba, and BaPhalaborwa...
unique language, music, and dance. Tswana people Sotho people Sotho-Tswana peoples Barotseland Lozi people Bokone "Basarwa and Bakgalagadi communities"...
the Pulana language, or Sepulana, Mapulaneng means "Place of the Mapulana people." The tribe derives its name from their founding leader, Lepulana, who later...
task to command between 300 and 400 irregulars drawn from the local Lobedupeople. According to South African historian Charles Leach, Captain Hunt had...
Modjadji's cycad or Modjadji's palm, allude to the female dynasty of the Lobedupeople, the Rain Queens, whose hereditary name is Modjadji. The queen resides...
others. He sings in his local language Khelobedu, a language spoken by LobeduPeople. Master KG has performed in a number of other countries including Zambia...
to the district after being expelled by the Boers. He told them of Lobedupeople who were causing problems and would not provide any information about...
Kokou is a warrior orisha from Benin. Mujaji is a rain goddess of the Lobedupeople of South Africa. Other deities are worshiped in Wakanda, such as Sekhmet...
chief of the Tlôkwa people, S102 is SAS Charlotte Maxeke, and S103 is SAS Queen Modjadji, named for the Rain Queen of the Lobedupeople. The ANC also hosts...
Mamani kaPhahlo (reigned 1732–1758) Lobedupeople The Modjadji or Rain Queen is the hereditary queen of Lobedu, the people of the Limpopo Province of South...
(2011). Rain songs and the observance of the rain cult amongst the Lobedupeople of Queen Modjadji. South African Journal of African Languages 31(1):...
known as the Rain Queen, was Modjadji, the hereditary queen of the Lobedupeople (ba Lobedu) of the Limpopo Province. In homage to Staff, the work was rechoreographed...
"Tsonga-Shangaan" is often applied in a way similar to Sotho and Tswana; Pedi and Lobedu; or Xhosa and Mpondo. Historical research shows that a substantial number...
power. This was also believed to immortalise her. "The Rain Queen and the Lobedu: A North Sotho Tribe | Rain Queens: Female leadership traditions of Africa"...
on the various tribes, which include the Bapedi, the Baphalaborwa, the Lobedu near Duiwelskloof, the Venda of Zoutpansberg and as far afield as the Great...
a Rain-Queen: The Production and Circulation of Eileen and Jack Krige's Lobedu Fieldwork Photographs from the 1930s". Kronos (38): 47–81. ISSN 0259-0190...
recognises several unofficial languages, including Sekholokoe, Fanagalo, Khwe, Lobedu, Nama, Northern Ndebele, Phuthi and San. These unofficial languages may...
including Fanagalo, Khoe, Lobedu, Nama, Northern Ndebele, and Phuthi. Many of the unofficial languages of the San and Khoekhoe peoples contain regional dialects...
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