Tswana people (redirect from Batswana)
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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Botswana (section Mfecane and Batswana-Boer Wars)
Constitution of Botswana recognizes a homogeneous Tswana state. The demonym Batswana was originally applied to the Tswana, and has also come to be used generally...
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Battle of Dimawe (section Batswana counter-attack)
between several Batswana tribes and the Boers in August 1852. Under the command of Kgosi Setshele I of the Bakwena tribe, the Batswana were victorious...
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Motswana is the singular form of Batswana, and may refer to: A member of the Tswana people, an ethnic group in southern Africa A citizen of Botswana of...
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Pornography laws by region (redirect from Batswana pornography)
Pornography laws by region vary throughout the world. The production and distribution of pornographic films are both activities that are legal in some...
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Botswana pula (redirect from Batswana pula)
The pula (also known as the Botswana dollar) is the currency of Botswana. It has the ISO 4217 code BWP and is subdivided into 100 thebe. Pula literally...
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and culture and their determination to resist oppression. The ethnonym Batswana is thought to be an anantonym that comes from the meaning of the Sotho-Tswana...
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Fijian name for Fiji). On a country level: Botswana → Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural) Burundi → Umurundi (singular), Abarundi (plural) Eswatini → Liswati...
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Vehicle registration plates of Botswana (redirect from Batswana registration plates)
Vehicle registration plates of Botswana for normal motor vehicles begin with the letter B, followed by three digits, followed by three letters. The digits...
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List of Botswana records in athletics (redirect from Batswana records in athletics)
The following are the national records in athletics in Botswana maintained by its national athletics federation: Botswana Athletics Association (BAA)....
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Afrobarometer 2023, p. 1-5. Afrobarometer (27 April 2023). Majority of Batswana are not opposed to a dominant-party system, so long as elections are free...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Botswanan, a term used internationally ("Batswana" is the preferred term locally) may refer to: A member of the Tswana people...
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Tswana pronunciation: [ˈkχʊ.si]) is the title for a hereditary leader of a Batswana and South Africa peoples tribe. The word "kgosi" is a Setswana term for...
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Tswana Setswana Native to Botswana South Africa Ethnicity Batswana Native speakers (4.1 million in South Africa (2011) 1.1 million in Botswana cited 1993)...
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Kabelo may refer to: Kabelo Mmono, Batswana high jumper Kabelo Kgosiemang, Batswana high jumper Kabelo Mabalane, South African rapper Kabelo Secondary...
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Batswana nationality law is regulated by the 1966 Constitution of Botswana, as amended; the Citizenship Act 1998, and its revisions; and international...
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Botswana's unique history as a protectorate rather than a colony. Many white Batswana can trace their ancestry back to colonial immigrants who arrived during...
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Kwena tribe (section Batswana line)
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...
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arriving c. 200 CE. The first Tswana people (singular Motswana, plural Batswana) are estimated to have arrived c. 400 CE. These Bantu peoples brought iron...
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created by missionaries, African-initiated churches created independently by Batswana, and Evangelical and Pentecostal churches. Christian missionaries first...
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the area around Gauteng province was initially occupied by the Batswana. The Batswana Chief Mokgatla dominated the area to the north of what we know today...
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Lydenburg Heads used in the rituals of the Bantu-speaking people, in possible connection to Modimo Ethnic group Sotho-Tswana peoples Basotho, Batswana, Bapedi...
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based on the ethnicity. So, in the country of Botswana the people are the Batswana, one person is a Motswana, and the language is Setswana; and in Uganda...
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traditions of the Batswana - whether construed as members of the Setswana ethnic groups or of all citizens of Botswana.[citation needed] the Batswana believe in...
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resident commissioner of Botswana, Peter Fawcus, worked alongside prominent Batswana figures such as Seretse Khama to create a new Legislative Council. This...
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Regional accents of English (redirect from Batswana English)
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For...
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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. Sechele...
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Party had created the Bophuthatswana government as the authority over all Batswana people, including the Bafokeng. Kgosi Lebone's opposition to the move brought...
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James Samuel Freeman (born 28 March 2001) is a Batswana swimmer. He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships...
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Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to Botswana. They are a section of the Batswana people. The name "Bakgalagadi" means "people of the Kalahari", and the...
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