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Kwena
The Bakwena or Bakoena ("those who venerate the crocodile") are a large Sotho-Tswana clan in Southern Africa of the southern Bantu group. They can be found in different parts of southern Africa such as Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa and Eswatini. "Kwena" is a Sotho/Tswana/Sepedi word meaning "crocodile", the crocodile is also their totem ( seboko). Genealogy and history Earliest ancestor of the Kwena clan, Kwena, was a grandson of Masilo I, the King of Bahurutse clan around 1360 CE. Kwena and his followers settled at Tebang, now called Heidelberg. Around 1500 CE, Bakwena started spreading in the region, from the Lekwa River to Kalahari (Botswana) until settling at Ntsoanatsatsi (mythical origin land of the Sotho-Tswana people) with the Bafokeng around 1580 CE. Early leaders * Kwena (dates unknown) * Phokotsea (dates unknown) * Kgabo I (late 17th century) * Tebele (late 17th or early 18th century) Basotho line * first leader was Kgosi Nape. * Napo begot and was succeed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tshosa
Tshosa was a regent of the Kwena tribe from 1803 to 1807. He became regent following the death of his brother Maleke, who was also a regent, and he held the position until he passed it to the Kwena heir, his nephew Motswasele II. After Motswasele's death, Tshosa led a group of the fractured Kwena tribe. He was killed in an attack by the Bakololo. Life Tshosa was a son of the Kwena ''kgosi'' Seitlhamo Seitlhamo (died ) was a ''kgosi'' of the Kwena tribe. He ruled from the death of his father Motswasele I c. 1785 until his own death c. 1795. He was succeeded by his son Legwale. Life Seitlhamo was the son of Motswasele I, ''kgosi A (; ..., born in the third house, and he was the junior brother of Legwale and Maleke. When Legwale became ''kgosi'', he initiated a raid against another tribe. Tshosa opposed the action, and he allegedly gave the tribe advance warning. Legwale was killed in the raid, and Maleke became regent. Tshosa became regent in 1803, taking on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motswasele II
Motswasele II (died ) was the ''kgosi'' of the Kwena tribe from until his death . Motswasele was one of three sons of ''kgosi'' Legwale, along with Segokotlo and Molese. Legwale died before Motswasele came of age, so Legwale's brother Maleke became regent, and then his brother Tshosa became regent after Maleke's death. Motswasele became ''kgosi'' when Tshosa passed the role to him . Motswasele faced attacks from the Ngwaketse shortly after he became ''kgosi'', prompting him to form an alliance with the Kgafela-Kgatl. When the Kwena came into conflict with the Birwa, Motswasele aligned with the Seletlo, and he married the daughter of the Seletlo chief. With her, he had his son Kgosidintsi. The first contact between the Kwena tribe and Europeans reportedly took place under Motswasele's rule. He received the expedition led by Goddard Edward Donovan and Andrew Cowan in 1808. They gifted him European dishes and mugs, which he could use as proof that he had interacted wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legwale
Legwale was a ''kgosi'' of the Kwena tribe in the late 18th century. He was preceded by his father Seitlhamo and succeeded by his brother Maleke as regent. Gary Okihiro has contested the idea that Legwale is a single individual, saying that there were two consecutive ''dikgosi'' named Legwale who were father and son. Life Legwale was the son of the Kwena ''kgosi'' Seitlhamo. As a young man, it's believed that Legwale led the Kwena people in a war with the Kgafela people in a failed attempt to reinstate Makgotso as the Kgafela tribe's regent. Legwale was briefly captured during this conflict. Upon Seitlhamo's death, Legwale became the ''kgosi''. As ''kgosi'', Legwale led a raiding party to steal cattle. This has been reported as a raid against the Birwa people in Shoshong, or against the Shona people in Bonyani. Legwale was killed during the raid. His year of death has been reported as c. 1798 and c. 1803. Because the targets were prepared, and because Legwale was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seitlhamo
Seitlhamo (died ) was a ''kgosi'' of the Kwena tribe. He ruled from the death of his father Motswasele I c. 1785 until his own death c. 1795. He was succeeded by his son Legwale. Life Seitlhamo was the son of Motswasele I, ''kgosi A (; ) is the title for a hereditary leader of a Batswana and South Africa peoples tribe. Usage The word "kgosi" is a Setswana term for "king" or "chief". Various affixes can be added to the word to change its meaning: adding the prefix ''di- ...'' of the Kwena people. He was loyal to his father, carrying out his wishes and refusing to take power when his father was infirm later in life. Throughout his life, Seitlhamo fought in several battles against the Ngwaketse people, with whom the Bakwena were in constant conflict in Seitlhamo's time. Seitlhamo became ''kgosi'' . By this time, he had already reached old age. As ''kgosi'', he moved the Kwena tribe from Shokwane to Dithejane, which had temporarily been the home of the Kwena under his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwena (kgosi)
The Bakwena or Bakoena ("those who venerate the crocodile") are a large Sotho-Tswana clan in Southern Africa of the southern Bantu group. They can be found in different parts of southern Africa such as Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa and Eswatini. "Kwena" is a Sotho/Tswana/Sepedi word meaning "crocodile", the crocodile is also their totem ( seboko). Genealogy and history Earliest ancestor of the Kwena clan, Kwena, was a grandson of Masilo I, the King of Bahurutse clan around 1360 CE. Kwena and his followers settled at Tebang, now called Heidelberg. Around 1500 CE, Bakwena started spreading in the region, from the Lekwa River to Kalahari (Botswana) until settling at Ntsoanatsatsi (mythical origin land of the Sotho-Tswana people) with the Bafokeng around 1580 CE. Early leaders * Kwena (dates unknown) * Phokotsea (dates unknown) * Kgabo I (late 17th century) * Tebele (late 17th or early 18th century) Basotho line * first leader was Kgosi Nape. * Napo begot and was succeed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sotho-Tswana
The Sotho-Tswana, also known as the Sotho or Basotho, although the term is now closely associated with the Southern Sotho peoples are a meta-ethnicity of Southern Africa. They are a large and diverse group of people who speak Sotho-Tswana languages. The group is predominantly found in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and the western part of Zambia. Smaller groups can also be found in Namibia and Zimbabwe. The Sotho-Tswana people would have diversified into their current arrangement during the course of the 2nd millennium, but they retain a number of linguistic and cultural characteristics that distinguish them from other Bantu-speakers of southern Africa. These are features such as totemism/ diboko a pre-emptive right of men to marry their maternal cousins, and an architectural style characterized by a round hut with a conical thatch roof supported by wooden pillars on the outside. Other major distinguishing features included their dress of skin cloaks and a preference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kgabo II
Kgabo II was ''kgosi A (; ) is the title for a hereditary leader of a Batswana and South Africa peoples tribe. Usage The word "kgosi" is a Setswana term for "king" or "chief". Various affixes can be added to the word to change its meaning: adding the prefix ''di- ...'' of the Kwena tribe. He was born a junior son of the Bakwena ''kgosi'' Tebele. Tebele was succeeded by Kgabo's older brother Mogopa, and Kgabo was given control of a ward within the tribe. Following a drought, Mogopa wished to move the tribe to find rain, but Kgabo and his village did not accompany them. The Bakwena split into two separate groups: the Bakwena-Kgabo staying in Rathatheng, and the Bakwena-Mogopa that settled in Mabjanamatshwana. Kgabo may have been the ''kgosi'' who lead the Bakwena from Rathatheng into present-day Botswana, but this could also have been his son and successor Motshodi. According to Isaac Schapera, Kgabo was succeeded by Motshodi c. 1740. According to history professor Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motshodi
Motshodi or Mochudi was ''kgosi'' of the Kwena tribe. He was preceded by his father Kgabo II and succeeded by his grandson Motswasele I. Motshodi was the son of Kgabo II, ''kgosi'' of the Bakwena. Motshodi succeeded his father as ''kgosi'', with historian Isaac Schapera saying this happened c. 1740. According to Schapera, Motshodi led the Bakwena to Odi (now the Kgatleng District), Mosweu, and Phuthadikobo. The Bangwaketse and Bangwato The Bamangwato (more correctly BagammaNgwato, and also referred to as the BaNgwato or Ngwato) is one of the eight "principal" Tswana chieftaincies of Botswana. The modern Bamangwato formed in the Central Serowe, Palapye & Mahalapye District, wi ... may have split from the Bakwena during Motshodi's reign. Schapera suggests that the Bangwaketse split while they were in Mosweu and the Bangwato split toward the end of Motshodi's reign. It is disputed as to whether Kgabo II or Motshodi led the Bakwena into present-day Botswana. Motshodi's son a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motswasele I
Motswasele I (died ) was ''kgosi'' of the Kwena tribe from c. 1770 until his death c. 1790. He was preceded by his grandfather Motshodi and succeeded by his son Seitlhamo. Life Motswasele was born in the early 18th century, between 1715 and 1745. He the son of Legojane and the grandson of Motshodi, ''kgosi'' of the Bakwena. Bakwena oral tradition tells that Motswasele was a prolific traveler when he was young and was the first of the Bakwena to see Europeans. Legojane died before Motshodi, making Motswasele the next in line to be ''kgosi''. Motswasele took on responsibilities to manage the tribe as Motshodi grew older, and he became ''kgosi'' upon Motshodi's death . He led the tribe to Shokwane and then to Dithejane. Here the Bakwena defeated the Bangwaketse in battle at Gookodisa. One story tells that Mathiba was the younger brother of Motswasele, and that Motswasele sentenced Mathiba to death for castrating bulls without permission. It is said that when they encountered Lesel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maleke (Kwena)
Maleke was a regent of the Kwena tribe. He was the son of ''kgosi'' Seitlhamo and the younger brother of ''kgosi'' Legwale. Maleke became regent of the Bakwena after Legwale died c. 1798. As ''kgosi'', Maleke led an attack against a Bangwaketse village in Kanye to avenge the death of his father. He burned the village, and he is said to have killed Tawana, the uncle of the village's leader, Makaba. A short time later, Maleke died of rabies Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals. It was historically referred to as hydrophobia ("fear of water") because its victims panic when offered liquids to drink. Early symptoms can include fever and abn ... after he was bitten by a dog. He was succeeded as regent by his younger brother Tshosa until Legwale's son Motswasele II became ''kgosi'' c. 1805. Notes References * * {{Africa-royal-stub Deaths from rabies Kwena chiefs Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 19th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kgabo I
Kgabo may refer to: * Larona Kgabo, (born 1986) a Botswana model and beauty pageant titleholder * Kgabo Commission, a 1991 Botswana commission of inquiry ** Kgabo Report, the findings of the Kgabo Commission * Kgabo II, kgosi A (; ) is the title for a hereditary leader of a Batswana and South Africa peoples tribe. Usage The word "kgosi" is a Setswana term for "king" or "chief". Various affixes can be added to the word to change its meaning: adding the prefix ''di- ... of the Kwena tribe * Englishman Kgabo, (1925–1992) a Motswana politician See also * * {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sechele I
Sechele I a Motswasele "Rra Mokonopi" (1812–1892), also known as Setshele, was the ruler of the Kwêna people of Botswana. He was converted to Christianity by David Livingstone and in his role as ruler served as a missionary among his own and other African peoples. According to Livingstone biographer Stephen Tomkins, Sechele was Livingstone's only African convert to Christianity, even though Livingstone himself came to regard Sechele as a "backslider". Sechele led a coalition of Batswana (Bakwêna, Bakaa, Balete, Batlokwa) in the Battle of Dimawe in 1852. Early life Sechele was born in 1812, the son of the chief of the Kwêna tribe of Tswana people of what is modern-day Botswana. When Sechele was ten years old, his father was killed and the leadership of the tribe was divided between his two uncles. Sechele and some of his supporters fled into the desert. He spent some years among the Ngwato people and married Mokgokong, a daughter of Chief Kgari. In about 1831 he su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
