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