- 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...
-
including the land of many
Bakwena-Tswana
villages that
still existed there. In 1860
thirty families who were an
extension of the
Bakwena people of
Betanie got...
- south, he p****ed
through the
Bakwena territory in the
northwestern Transvaal, near Rustenburg. At the time the
Bakwena were
struggling to
repel repeated...
- was
ruled by
Paramount Chiefs of the
Tswana groups such as the Barolong,
Bakwena, Bangwaketse, Bahurutshe,
Batlhaping and the
Bangwato who
under Sekgoma...
-
colonial administration deposed his
brother Sebele II as
kgosi of the
Bakwena. Kgari's
older brother Mosarwa was not
interested in
becoming kgosi, and...
-
people who
reside in
Molepolole are
called Bakwena, who are one of the
eight major tribes in Botswana. The
Bakwena Kgosi (Chief),
Sebele I was
among the three...
- to the
ethnic groups found in the
Tswana culture (Bakgatla, Barolong,
Bakwena, Batlhaping, Bahurutshe, Bafokeng, Batlokwa, Bataung, and Batswapong, among...
- wars, the
famous missionary and explorer,
David Livingstone,
visited the
Bakwena of
chief Mokgatle, and
found that in
addition to
farming and
raising cattle...
- and
oppression of his people. Sebele's
removal incited anger among the
Bakwena, who
continued to
recognise him as the
legitimate kgosi. He was succeeded...
- 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...
