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BamangwatoThe '''Bamangwato''' (more correctly BagammaNgwato) people are one of the eight principal tribes of Botswana, and constitute some 25 percent of the country's population. Modern Bangwato formed in the Central District (Botswana)|Central District, with its main town and capital (after 1902) at Serowe. Its paramount chief, ostensibly a hereditary position, occupies one of the fifteen places in the House of Chiefs of Botswana|House of Chiefs, Botswana's parliamentary upper house.
The core patrilineage of the Bamangwato are an 18th-century offshoot of the Bakwena people, but members in the Ngwato kingdom came from many sources, as was the case with all of the major 19th-century African kingdoms. Khama's paternal forebears had built several prior capitals including Shoshong and Phalatswe, also known as Palapye|Old Palapye. (Before the advent of colonial administration and fixed infrastructure, it was common for a town to move when the local environment degraded. http://www.thuto.org/ubh/bw/oldp.htm) Khama and the Protectorate administration created the modern borders of the Central District in Botswana.
Sengwato, the local dialect of Setswana, caused excitement in linguistic circles in 1998 when it was realized that it contained a unique f-s sound. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_1998_Oct_31/ai_53227243
Seretse Khama, Botswana's first president, was of the Bamangwato, and his son, current President Ian Khama, is the tribe's paramount chief.
References
- Parsons, Neil. "The Abandonment of Phalatswe, 1901–1916" University of Botswana History Dept, 25 February 1998. Retrieved 2 January 2006.
- "African dialect uses unexpected sound". ''Science News'', 31 October 1998. Retrieved 3 January 2006.
See also
- Rulers of Bangwato (bamaNgwato)
- Tswana
External links
- Botswana History Pages By Neil Parsons of the University of Botswana
- Ethnologue Languages of Botswana
Category:Ethnic groups in Botswana
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