Seboko · Setswana

Bakgalagadi (umbrella; sub-groups without sourced totems)

PeopleBatswana
Merafe recorded Bangologa; Baboloongwe / Babolaongwe; Bashaga; Baphaleng; Bakgwatheng
Places recorded Kgalagadi, Ghanzi, Kweneng, Southern, Botswana

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

About This Record

Families who carry this name tell parts of it differently. Each way it has been told is below.

Written down by: Bruce S. Bennett (History Department, University of Botswana), Some historical background on minorities in Botswana, c. 2002 (revised), author's site (conference paper) — http://brucebennett.net/ac/archive/Bennett-Minorities-revised.pdf
Neil Parsons, Botswana History Pages 13: Society, 1999, University of Botswana History Department (thuto.org) — http://www.thuto.org/ubh/bw/bhp13.htm

Kaa (Bakaa) Also recorded among the Batswana.
Kgabo (Bakgatla-ba-ga-Mmanaana) Also recorded among the Batswana.
Kgabo (Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela) Also recorded among the Batswana.
Kgabo (South African Bakgatla chiefdoms) Also recorded among the Batswana.
Kwena (Bafokeng of Phokeng) Also recorded among the Batswana.
Kwena (Bakwena ba Modimosana and other Transvaal Bakwena chiefdoms) Also recorded among the Batswana.

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