Kgabo II was kgosi of the Kwena tribe. He was born a junior son of the Bakwena kgosi Tebele. Tebele was succeeded by Kgabo's older brother Mogopa, and Kgabo was given control of a ward within the tribe. Following a drought, Mogopa wished to move the tribe to find rain, but Kgabo and his village did not accompany them.[1] The Bakwena split into two separate groups: the Bakwena-Kgabo staying in Rathatheng, and the Bakwena-Mogopa that settled in Mabjanamatshwana.[2][1][3]
Kgabo II | |
|---|---|
| Title | Kgosi of the Bakwena |
| Predecessor | Mogopa |
| Successor | Motshodi |
| Children | Motshodi |
| Father | Tebele |
Kgabo may have been the kgosi who lead the Bakwena from Rathatheng into present-day Botswana, but this could also have been his son and successor Motshodi.[2][4] According to Isaac Schapera, Kgabo was succeeded by Motshodi c. 1740.[1] According to history professor Leonard Ngcongco, Kgabo and Motshodi lived in the seventeenth century.[5]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c Schapera 1980, p. 83.
- ^ a b Otlogetswe 2015, p. 265.
- ^ Ngcongco 1979, p. 36.
- ^ Ngcongco 1979, pp. 36–37.
- ^ Ngcongco 1979, p. 37.
References
edit- Ngcongco, Leonard D. (1979). "Origins of the Tswana". Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies. 1 (2): 21–46. ISSN 0256-2316.
- Otlogetswe, Thapelo J. (2015). "Treatment of Spelling Variants in Setswana Monolingual Dictionaries". Lexikos. 25. doi:10.5788/25-1-1299.
- Schapera, Isaac (1980). "Notes on the Early History of the Kwena (Bakwena-bagaSechele)". Botswana Notes and Records. 12: 83–87. ISSN 0525-5090. JSTOR 40980796.