Yeyi people

The Yeyi people, also known as the Mayeyi or Bayeyi, are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native to Southern Africa.

[2] According to oral tradition, the baYei emigrated from the kingdom of the Lozi people in the 18th century, and were led into Ngamiland by the skilled fisherman and hunter Hankuzi.

When the baYei met the baKhakwe people, Hankuzi married one of their women, possibly as a guarantee of peace.

Initially the servitude was voluntary in many cases, as it offered protection to attach oneself to a powerful household.

[1] The seat of their khuta (royal homestead) is the settlement of Sangwali in the Judea Lyaboloma Constituency of the Zambezi Region.