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The Tswana (Tswana: Batswana, singular Motswana) are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa. Ethnic Tswana made up approximately 85% of the population of Botswana in 2011. [1] Batswana are the native people of south and eastern Botswana and the Gauteng, North West, Northern Cape, Free State, and other provinces of South Africa, where ...
The Sotho-Tswana, also known as the Sotho or Basotho, [1] although the term is now closely associated with the Southern Sotho peoples [2] are a meta-ethnicity of Southern Africa. They are a large and diverse group of people who speak Sotho-Tswana languages. [3] The group is predominantly found in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and the western ...
1000–3000 /km². >3000 /km². Tswana, also known by its native name Setswana, and previously spelled Sechuana in English, is a Bantu language spoken in and indigenous to Southern Africa by about 8.2 million people. [1] It is closely related to the Northern Sotho and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi language and the Lozi ...
The Sotho-Tswana peoples are a meta-ethnicity of southern Africa and live predominantly in Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho. List of clans and kingdoms [ edit ]
Sotho. The Sotho (/ ˈsuːtuː /), also known as the Basotho (/ bæˈsuːtuː /), are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit the regions of Lesotho and South Africa. The ancestors of the Sotho people are believed to have originated from Northeast Africa, and migrated south in the fifth century CE.
Rolong tribe. Barolong is a tribe of Tswana people from Botswana and South Africa. Their King, Tau was the descendant of King Morolong who is the founder of Barolong tribe. He reigned around 1240 and adopted Tholo (the Greater Kudu) as the Barolong totem. King Tau was a warrior king who reigned around 1660.
t. e. The history of Botswana encompasses the region's ancient and tribal history, its colonisation as the Bechuanaland Protectorate, and the present-day Republic of Botswana. The first modern humans to inhabit Botswana were the San people, and agriculture first developed approximately 2,300 years ago.
Ngwato tribe. The Bamangwato (more correctly BagammaNgwato, and also referred to as the BaNgwato or Ngwato) is one of the eight "principal" Tswana chieftaincies of Botswana. They ruled over a majority Bakalanga population (the largest ethnic group in Central District), with minorities including the Basarwa, Birwa and Tswapong.