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Ngwato polity LUcat Search catalogue 294928537

APP
2002-02-12

INP
2002-02-12

STA
Approved

UPD
2012-08-20

DUT
Ngwato rijk

IND
1

MIS
OR. The area now called Botswana was first inhabited by San Bushmen. Legend suggests that the three sons of Masilo, a great Sotho chief of about 1500, were the ancestors of the three main Tswana tribes of modern Botswana: Kwena, Ngwato and Ngwaketse. Another version says Ngwato and Ngwaketse were sons of Kwena. Historically the three became separate lineages in the 18th century.

PPN
294928537

UDC
340.141.1Ngwato

SN
Location: Botswana, one of the eight Tswana kingdoms (merafe) officially recognized by the British following the establishment in 1885 of the Bechuanaland Protectorate. The hereditary chief of the Bangwato is a member of the Ntlo ya Dikgosi, an advisory body of the Parliament of Botswana.

MRF
321Ngwato

BT1
Botswanan polities

UF
Ngwato Kingdom

BSO
09.01.02 NAMED POLITIES

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