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    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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    Constitution of Botswana recognizes a homogeneous Tswana state. The term Batswana was originally applied to the Tswana, which is still the case. However...
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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • The following are the national records in athletics in Botswana maintained by its national athletics federation: Botswana Athletics Association (BAA)....
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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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  • 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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    Bantu-speaking people, in possible connection to Modimo Ethnic group Sotho-Tswana peoples Basotho, Batswana, Bapedi Equivalents Hindu equivalent Brahma...
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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    mutitima. The Matabele, later arrivals, named them aManz' aThunqayo, and the Batswana and Makololo (whose language is used by the Lozi people) call them Mosi-o-Tunya...
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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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    Southern Ndebele, Swazi), Basotho (South Sotho), Bapedi (North Sotho), Venda, Batswana, Tsonga, Kgaga (North Sotho), total 75% Bantu Kenya 46 60% 37 E, J Agikuyu...
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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    passport was the 4th most powerful on the African continent, allowing Batswana citizens travel to at least 70 countries visa free, 28 with visa on arrival...
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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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    magnet in the lives of Batswana: Masunga Village" (PDF). Majaha-Jartby, Julia. "The village, a magnet in the lives of Batswana: Masunga Village" (PDF)...
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    dinawa, madila and dikgobe. Batswana procure beef, goat meat, sheep, tswana chicken, Mophane worms and fish locally. Batswana also make home-made refreshing...
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    concluded an agreement with Makwana, the chief of the Bataung tribe of Batswana, ceding to the farmers the country between the Vet and Vaal rivers. When...
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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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