Tswana people

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The Tswana people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native primarily to Botswana and parts of South Africa, known for their rich cultural traditions, cattle-based pastoralism, and significant influence on the region’s political and social history.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tswana people canonical 15
Batswana 8
Bechuana (Tswana) people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
colonialEraStatus subjects of Bechuanaland Protectorate
continent Africa
culturalPractice bogwera
bojale
bridewealth (bogadi)
extended family system
initiation schools
ethnonym Tswana people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Batswana
historicalRegion Botswana
surface form: Bechuanaland
influencedFormationOf modern Botswana state
ISO639LanguageCode tn
languageFamily Bantu languages
majorEthnicGroupIn Botswana
majorReligion Christianity
nativeLanguage Setswana
Setswana
surface form: Tswana language
primaryCountry Botswana
relatedEthnicGroup Khoisan peoples
surface form: Kgalagadi people

Pedi people
Sotho-Tswana peoples
surface form: Sotho people
significantPopulationIn Namibia
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
singularForm Motswana
subgroupOf Sotho-Tswana peoples
surface form: Sotho–Tswana peoples
traditionalArt basket weaving
beadwork
traditionalAssembly kgotla
traditionalClothing lethaka (traditional skirt or attire)
traditionalDance setapa
tsutsube
traditionalEconomy agriculture
cattle pastoralism
traditionalFood bogobe (sorghum porridge)
maize
morogo (wild spinach)
seswaa (pounded meat)
sorghum
traditionalHousing thatched rondavel
traditionalLeaderTitle kgosi
traditionalLivestock cattle
goats
sheep
traditionalMusic choral music
drumming
traditionalPoliticalStructure chiefdom
traditionalReligion Animism
surface form: African traditional religion
traditionalSettlementType village
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patrice Motsepe memberOfEthnicGroup Tswana people
Botswana demonym Tswana people
this entity surface form: Batswana
Botswana majorEthnicGroup Tswana people
Setswana primarySpeakers Tswana people
Limpopo hasMajorEthnicGroup Tswana people
Motsepe ethnicAssociation Tswana people
Tswana people ethnonym Tswana people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Batswana
Mosotho sharesHeritageWith Tswana people
this entity surface form: Batswana
Kgalema Motlanthe ethnicGroup Tswana people
Basotho people relatedEthnicGroup Tswana people
this entity surface form: Batswana
Motsepe family ethnicGroup Tswana people
kgotla usedBy Tswana people
Kalanga people relatedEthnicGroup Tswana people
Sotho-Tswana peoples includeEthnicGroup Tswana people
this entity surface form: Batswana
Bechuanaland Protectorate ethnicGroup Tswana people
Bechuanaland Protectorate namedAfter Tswana people
this entity surface form: Bechuana (Tswana) people
Motswana associatedWithEthnicGroup Tswana people
Motswana isSingularFormOf Tswana people
this entity surface form: Batswana
Motswana hasCollectiveIdentity Tswana people
this entity surface form: Batswana
Thabo isUsedBy Tswana people
Bayei people relatedGroup Tswana people
this entity surface form: Batswana