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 Leonard Ngcongco, Kgabo and Motshodi lived in the seventeenth century.
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* {{Cite journal , last=Schapera , first=Isaac , author-link=Isaac Schapera , year=1980 , title=Notes on the Early History of the Kwena (Bakwena-bagaSechele) , url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40980796 , journal=Botswana Notes and Records , volume=12 , pages=83–87 , jstor=40980796 , issn=0525-5090
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Kwena chiefs