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Yei People
The Yeyi people, also known as the Mayeyi or Bayeyi, are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native to Southern Africa. They are part of the larger Lozi people, Lozi ethnic group and have significant populations in Botswana and Namibia.The Yeyi immigrated to the area in the 18th century from the north, and lived in close cooperation with the Bushmen, San people, or ''Basarwa, ''in particular, the Xanikhwe (otherwise known as Maghumaahi, meaning the San clan who live along riverbanks, just like the other riverine tribes such as Wayeyi and others) who had lived in the area previously. They speak Yeyi language, ShiYeyi, a language that was influenced by the San people, San and exhibits the characteristic click consonant, clicks but Lozi language, Silozi is used as the formal language in official, educational, and media contexts. The Bayeyi population is 68,400. According to oral tradition, the baYei emigrated from the kingdom of the Lozi people in the 18th century, and were led into Ngami ...
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Lake Ngami-p481
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from the ocean, although they may be connected with the ocean by rivers. Lakes, as with other bodies of water, are part of the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Most lakes are fresh water and account for almost all the world's surface freshwater, but some are salt lakes with salinities even higher than that of seawater. Lakes vary significantly in surface area and volume of water. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which are also water-filled basins on land, although there are no official definitions or scientific criteria distinguishing the two. Lakes are also distinct from lagoons, which are generally shallow tidal pools dammed by sandbars or other material at coastal regions of oceans or large ...
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Judea Lyaboloma Constituency
Judea Lyaboloma is a constituency in Namibia's Zambezi Region. The administrative centre of the constituency is the settlement of Sangwali, situated 130 kilometres south-west of the region's capital, Katima Mulilo. It has a population of 8,738 and covers an area of 1,723 km², resulting in a population density of approximately 5.071/km². Constituency Profile Judea Lyaboloma Constituency shares borders with Sibbinda Constituency to the north, Kongola Constituency to the northwest, and Botswana to the south. Most areas within the constituency are located alongside the Kwando and Linyanti rivers. The temperature ranges between 10°C and 38°C, with most rainfall occurring between December and March. The constituency lies between the Linyanti River in the south and the Kwando River in the west, forming the Linyanti Swamp. The northern part of the constituency is dry and prone to annual droughts. Educational Institutions Primary Schools: Mukorufu PS, Mbambazi PS, Lianshulu PS ...
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Ethnic Groups In Botswana
The people of the country called Botswana are all referred to as Batswana(pl)/ Motswana(s) in reference to the country name or the land they all hail from , that is regardless of ethnicity, language, skin colour or heritage. The population of Botswana can be best divided into a number of ethnicities with the ethnic Tswana being the largest followed by other ethnicities who speak Setswana as a secondary language. The ethnic Tswana populace are concentrated mostly in the southern, South-eastern as well as Central parts of the country and are split up among eight tribes: Bamangwato, Bangwato, Bakwena, Bangwaketse, Bakgatla, Barolong, Batlokwa, Balete and Batawana. The following ethnicity would be the ethnic Kalanga people populations who are found in the central, northern and north-eastern parts of the country. The Kalanga ethnicity is shared by a number of tribes namely: Lilima dialect, Lilima / Bawumbe, Talaote tribe, Nambya people & Banoka. These various groups of people all spe ...
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North-West District (Botswana)
The North-West District or Ngamiland is one of the first-level administrative subdivisions of Botswana. For census and administrative purposes Ngamiland is subdivided into Ngamiland East, Ngamiland West and Ngamiland Delta ( Okavango). It is governed by a District Commissioner, appointed by the national government, and the elected North-West District Council. The administrative centre is Maun. As of 2011, the total population of the district was 175,631 compared to 142,970 in 2001. The growth rate of population during the decade was 2.08. The total number of workers constituted 32,471 with 16,852 males and 15,621 females, with a majority of them involved in agriculture. Maun, the Tsodilo Hills, the Moremi Game Reserve, the Gchwihaba (Drotsky's) Caves, the Aha Hills (on the border with Namibia), the Nhabe Museum in Maun, and Maun Educational Park are the major tourist attractions in the district. History In the late 18th century, the Tswana people, primarily herders, began ...
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Botswana Daily News
''Daily News Botswana'' is an English language newspaper published in Gaborone, Botswana. History Gallery File:Botswana Daily news Tuesday, January 31 1967 (Botswana History).jpg File:Daily news Botswana (Botswana History).jpg File:Bechanaland daily news mail.jpg See also *'' Azhizhi'' * ''Mmegi'' * '' Botswana Guardian'' * ''The Botswana Gazette ''The Botswana Gazette'' is an English language newspaper published in Gaborone, Botswana. In 2015, the paper's managing editor (Shike Olsen), its editor (Lawrence Seretse), a reporter (Innocent Selatlhwa) and the paper's lawyer A law ...'' * Yarona FM References External links Official website English-language newspapers published in Botswana African news websites {{Africa-newspaper-stub ...
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Sweet Potato
The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its sizeable, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable, which is a staple food in parts of the world. Cultivars of the sweet potato have been bred to bear tubers with flesh and skin of various colors. Moreover, the young shoots and leaves are occasionally eaten as greens. The sweet potato and the potato are in the order Solanales, making them distant relatives. Although darker sweet potatoes are often known as "yams" in parts of North America, they are even more distant from actual yams, which are monocots in the order Dioscoreales. The sweet potato is native to the tropical regions of South America in what is present-day Ecuador. Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of Convolvulaceae, ''I. batatas'' is the only crop plant of major importance—some others are used locally (e.g., ''I. aquatica'' "ka ...
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Maize
Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native Americans planted it alongside beans and squashes in the Three Sisters polyculture. The leafy stalk of the plant gives rise to male inflorescences or tassels which produce pollen, and female inflorescences called ears. The ears yield grain, known as kernels or seeds. In modern commercial varieties, these are usually yellow or white; other varieties can be of many colors. Maize relies on humans for its propagation. Since the Columbian exchange, it has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat and rice. Much maize is used for animal feed, whether as grain or as the whole plant, which can either be baled or made into the more palatable silage. Sugar-rich varieties called sw ...
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Matrilineal Succession
Matrilineal succession is a form of hereditary succession or other inheritance through which the subject's female relatives are traced back in a matrilineal line. Systems *Matrileneal system is found in the Nayar community who ruled present Kerala- state. The throne is inherited through the female ancestry. The present day women empowerment and educational upstate in the region is the direct reflection of the matrilineal system which is later adopted by the common people from the ruling community. *''matrilineal primogeniture'' where the eldest female child of the subject is entitled to the hereditary succession before her younger sisters, and her brothers are not entitled at all. *''matrilineal ultimogeniture'' where the youngest daughter is the heir. This system is found among the Khasis of India. *rotation among female relatives. *''matrilineal seniority'', where the eldest sister is succeeded by her next eldest sister, etc., until the surviving sisters have had their turns, ...
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SWAPO
The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been the governing party in Namibia since the country achieved independence in 1990. The party continues to be dominated in number and influence by the Ovambo ethnic group. SWAPO held a two-thirds majority in parliament from 1994 to 2019. In the general election held in November 2019, the party won 65.5% of the popular vote and 63 out of the 104 seats in the National Assembly. It also holds 28 out of the 42 seats in the National Council. From November 2017 until his death in February 2024, Namibian President Hage Geingob remained the president of SWAPO after being elected to the position at the party's electoral congress. History Background and foundation German South West Africa was established in 1884. After World War I, the League ...
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Mashi Language
Mashi (Kamaxi), or Kwandu, is a Bantu language of Zambia and Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c .... It was assigned by Guthrie to Bantu group K.30, which Pfouts (2003) established as part of the Kavango–Southwest branch of Bantu.Nurse & Phillipson 2003 Though not specifically addressed, Mashi may be in that family as well. References {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M) Kavango languages ...
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Wageningen University And Research
Wageningen University & Research (also known as WUR) is a public university, public research university in Wageningen, Netherlands, specializing in life sciences with a focus on agriculture, technical and engineering subjects. It is a globally important center for life sciences and agricultural research. It is located in a region of the Netherlands known as the Food Valley. Wageningen University and Research is a holding comprising consists of Wageningen University and the (former) agricultural Research institutes of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (Netherlands), Dutch Ministry of Agriculture. Wageningen University, is a research university which grants degrees at the BSc, MSc and PhD level in life and social sciences. It focuses its research on scientific, societal and technological problems in the field of life sciences and natural resources. It is widely known for its agriculture, forestry, and environmental studies programs. The university has about 12,00 ...
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Boniface Sifu
Boniface Lutibezi Shufu is the chief of the Mayeyi people of Namibia. He was crowned in 1993, after the Namibian government intervened in the conflict between the Mayeyi, who wanted independence, and the Mafwe, who at the time were led by Boniface Bebi Mamili. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Lozi people {{Namibia-bio-stub ...
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