The Tswana (Tswana: Batswana, singular Motswana) are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa. Ethnic Tswana made up approximately 85% of the population...
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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...
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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...
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Seiphemo Tuks Senganga Earl Sweatshirt (American rapper whose father is Tswana) Boity Thulo Redi Tlhabi Emma Wareus Sports David Bright Itumeleng Khune...
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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...
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Bakgalagadi, are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to Botswana. They are a section of the Batswana people. The name "Bakgalagadi" means "people of the Kalahari"...
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Traditional Tswana music is performed by Tswana people during feasts and special occasions such as beer gatherings, weddings and initiation ceremonies...
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Look up Tswana or tswana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tswana may refer to: Tswana people, the Bantu speaking people in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia...
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Tswana people, an ethnic group in southern Africa A citizen of Botswana of any ethnic background Tswana language Batswana (singular Motswana), Tswana...
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part of the larger group of Bakgatla people, which is one of sub-divisions of the Bantu-speaking Tswana peoples. These different groups are often classified...
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part of the Xhosa people. After years of oppression by the Xhosas, they later formed an alliance with the Cape Colony. Southern Tswana populations had experienced...
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The Sotho-Tswana languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Southern Africa. The Sotho-Tswana group corresponds to the S.30 label...
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The Sotho-Tswana peoples are a meta-ethnicity of southern Africa and live predominantly in Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho....
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(Sotho-Tswana literally meaning "ancestors") is the name for the traditional African practice of ancestor veneration for the Sotho-Tswana people of Botswana...
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bakgatla ba dithebe, Transvaal Sotho, Marota, or Dikgoshi - are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to South Africa, Botswana, and Lesotho that speak Pedi...
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Ethnic groups in Botswana (section Tswana people)
with the ethnic Tswana being the largest followed by other ethnicities who speak Setswana as a secondary language. The ethnic Tswana populace are concentrated...
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San people, and agriculture first developed approximately 2,300 years ago. The first Bantu peoples arrived c. 200 CE, and the first Tswana people arrived...
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himself into an anthill to confuse his enemy and escape. Like most Sotho-Tswana groups, MaPulana believe in Badimo (ancestors). When they perform their...
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Tshepo Motsepe (category South African Tswana people)
Tshepo Motsepe (born 17 June 1953) is a South African physician and businesswoman. She is the First Lady of South Africa, as the wife of Cyril Ramaphosa...
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traditional religion of the Sotho-Tswana people. Modimo and all its derivatives ultimately stem from the proto-Sotho-Tswana prefix *mo- which indicates personhood...
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Connie Ferguson (category Tswana people)
Constance Ferguson (née Masilo; born 10 June 1970) is a South African based Motswana actress, filmmaker, producer and businesswoman. She is best known...
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European descent. Genetic studies of the 21st century have shown these people also had Tswana, San, and Xhosa ancestry. Later, the Europeans chose mixed-race...
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Shona Ferguson (category Tswana people)
Aaron Arthur Ferguson (30 April 1974 – 30 July 2021), professionally known as Shona Ferguson, was a Motswana actor based in South Africa, executive producer...
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the Northern Sotho language and is grammatically similar to other Sotho–Tswana languages. Mutual intelligibility between certain Venda dialects and the...
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Bechuanaland Protectorate (section Notable people)
population of 120,776. It comprised an area occupied by the three main Tswana peoples: the Bamangwato, the Bakwena and the Bangwaketse, together with a number...
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people native to Southern Africa living mostly near the South African-Zimbabwean border. The Venda language arose from interactions with Sotho-Tswana...
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town has also received visits from tribal leaders from the Xhosa and Tswana people. The town has grown at an annual population growth that was estimated...
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Kwena tribe (redirect from Koena people)
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...
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Motsi Mabuse (category South African Tswana people)
Motshegetsi "Motsi" Mabuse (born 11 April 1981) is a South African-German dancer. She is known for appearing on the German dance competition Let's Dance...
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The Kololo or Makololo are a subgroup of the Sotho-Tswana people native to Southern Africa. In the early 19th century, they were displaced by the Zulu...
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