Seboko · Setswana

Tshwene (Bahurutshe / Batshweneng)

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Seboko tshwene — The baboon totem; the founding totem was phofu/phofhu
Merafe recorded Bahurutshe boo-Manyana; Bahurutshe boo-Gopane; Bahurutshe boo-Khiba; Bahurutshe of the Marico/Zeerust district; Bahurutshe within Bangwaketse
Places recorded Western Transvaal, Marico, North West, South Africa, Manyana, Southern District, Central District, 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: L. D. Ngcongco, Origins of the Tswana, 1979 — https://pdfproc.lib.msu.edu/?file=%2FDMC%2FAfrican+Journals%2Fpdfs%2FPULA%2Fpula001002%2Fpula001002003.pdf

Bakgalagadi (umbrella; sub-groups without sourced totems) Also recorded among the Batswana.
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.

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