People / group
Wayeyi
The Wayeyi, or BaYei, are a Bantu-speaking people of north-western Botswana, living mainly in the Okavango Delta and around Lake Ngami. They moved there from the Zambezi region in the 18th century and are known as fishermen using dugout canoes (mekoro). From the 19th century they were subject to the Batawana chiefs.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Wayeyi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wayeyi
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