BaTlokwa people

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The BaTlokwa people are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group of Southern Africa known for their distinct chieftaincy lineages, cultural traditions, and historical settlements in areas of present-day Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Batlokwa people 2
BaTlokwa people canonical 1
Bakwena people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sotho-Tswana people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Botswana ⓘ
Lesotho ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
culturalArea Sotho-Tswana cultural area ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
bogadi ⓘ
rainmaking rituals ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Sotho-Tswana ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition age-regiments ⓘ
bogwera ⓘ
bojale ⓘ
initiation schools ⓘ
hasPoliticalOrganization chiefdoms ⓘ
hasReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
hasSocialStructure chieftaincy ⓘ
hasSubgroup BaTlokwa of Botswana ⓘ
linked to: Chief Gaborone

BaTlokwa of Lesotho ⓘ
BaTlokwa of South Africa ⓘ
historicalSettlementArea present-day Botswana ⓘ
present-day Lesotho ⓘ
present-day South Africa ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
marriageSystem bridewealth ⓘ
lobola ⓘ
partOf Bantu peoples of Southern Africa ⓘ
primaryLanguage Sesotho ⓘ
Setswana ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup BaKgatla ⓘ
linked to: Bakwena

BaKwena ⓘ
linked to: Bakwena

BaNgwaketse ⓘ
linked to: Bangwaketse

Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people

Batswana ⓘ
linked to: Tswana people
socialOrganization clans ⓘ
extended families ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
traditionalHousing homesteads ⓘ
rondavels ⓘ
traditionalLeadershipTitle chief ⓘ
kgosi ⓘ
usesClanNamePrefix Ba- ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Chief Gaborone → peopleLed → BaTlokwa people ⓘ
Tlokweng → traditionalInhabitants → Batlokwa people ⓘ
linked to: BaTlokwa people
Tlokwa → hasEthnicIdentity → Tlokwa people ⓘ
linked to: BaTlokwa people
Sebele I → governed → Bakwena people ⓘ
linked to: BaTlokwa people
Batlokwa tribal administration → governs → Batlokwa people ⓘ
linked to: BaTlokwa people