Kgabo II | |
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Title | Kgosi of the Bakwena |
Predecessor | Mogopa |
Successor | Motshodi |
Children | Motshodi |
Parent |
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Kgabo II was kgosi of the Kwena tribe. He was born a junior son of the Bakwena kgosi Tebele. Tebele was succeeded by Kgabo's older brother Mogopa, and Kgabo was given control of a ward within the tribe. Following a drought, Mogopa wished to move the tribe to find rain, but Kgabo and his village did not accompany them. [1] The Bakwena split into two separate groups: the Bakwena-Kgabo staying in Rathatheng, and the Bakwena-Mogopa that settled in Mabjanamatshwana. [2] [1] [3]
Kgabo may have been the kgosi who lead the Bakwena from Rathatheng into present-day Botswana, but this could also have been his son and successor Motshodi. [2] [4] According to Isaac Schapera, Kgabo was succeeded by Motshodi c. 1740. [1] According to history professor Leonard Ngcongco, Kgabo and Motshodi lived in the seventeenth century. [5]
Kgabo II | |
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Title | Kgosi of the Bakwena |
Predecessor | Mogopa |
Successor | Motshodi |
Children | Motshodi |
Parent |
|
Kgabo II was kgosi of the Kwena tribe. He was born a junior son of the Bakwena kgosi Tebele. Tebele was succeeded by Kgabo's older brother Mogopa, and Kgabo was given control of a ward within the tribe. Following a drought, Mogopa wished to move the tribe to find rain, but Kgabo and his village did not accompany them. [1] The Bakwena split into two separate groups: the Bakwena-Kgabo staying in Rathatheng, and the Bakwena-Mogopa that settled in Mabjanamatshwana. [2] [1] [3]
Kgabo may have been the kgosi who lead the Bakwena from Rathatheng into present-day Botswana, but this could also have been his son and successor Motshodi. [2] [4] According to Isaac Schapera, Kgabo was succeeded by Motshodi c. 1740. [1] According to history professor Leonard Ngcongco, Kgabo and Motshodi lived in the seventeenth century. [5]