Ngwato
Sotho Tswana · mortal · legendary genealogical · Recorded classification
Eponymous founder of the Bangwato (Bamangwato), settled at Serowe; an offshoot of the Bakwena, totem the duiker (phuti). Authored as a legendary mortal tribal-founder ancestor (Oghuz-sons pattern), son of Malope and brother of Mohurutshe, Kwena, Kgatla and Ngwaketse. No mother is registered in the corpus, so only the father edge is wired.
Parentage
- father: Malope
Domains
- founding ancestry
- clan totem
Powers
- founds and propagates the Bangwato lineage
Epithets
- BamangwatoSchapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE / Athlone Press. (reference)
Relations
- sibling: MohurutsheBrother and fellow founder-son of Malope (eponym of the Bahurutshe).Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE / Athlone Press. (reference)
- sibling: KwenaBrother and fellow founder-son of Malope; in the lost-cow tradition Ngwato split from Kwena's Bakwena and moved north.Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE / Athlone Press. (reference)
- sibling: KgatlaBrother and fellow founder-son of Malope (eponym of the Bakgatla).Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE / Athlone Press. (reference)
- sibling: NgwaketseBrother and fellow founder-son of Malope (eponym of the Bangwaketse).Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE / Athlone Press. (reference)
Sources
- Ngwato is the eponymous founding ancestor of the Bangwato (Bamangwato), a son of Malope and an offshoot of the Bakwena, settled at Serowe, with the duiker as totem.: Schapera, I. (1952). The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes. London: LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology 11, Athlone Press. (reference); Ngcongco, L. (1982). 'Origins of the Tswana', Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 2(1). (reference)