Is Botswana the only country where Setswana speaking people reside?

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[@bathusiramo9523]

Lozi is more into Sotho than Tswana,I discovered that in 2022 when I toured the Western Province of Zambia and it’s Capital Mongu which is named the Barotseland,history says in 1823 pressure caused one group of the Basotho(Kololo ) of the now South African Free state to migrate after being defeated by the Zulu of Mzilikazi,they the moved past the Okavango swamps across the Zambezi into the Barotseland which is now part of Zambia upon which they found and conquered the Luyana language which gave rise to today’s Lozi language spoken by the Lozi people descendants of Luyana and nearby tribes.The Kingdom stretched into Namibian Caprivi,Angola,lower Zimbabwe and the Katanga Province of DRC.I am from Botswana and have stayed at Lesotho I so dwelt with ease through use of Sotho.

[@MzeewaUjiji]

The Lozi lied to you. The so-called Lozi kingdom never stretched farther than Senanga in Western province. The rubbish they told you about it stretching into Zimbabwe and Congo is because when the English wanted to loot the Copperbelt of Zambia, they got the Lozi chief to sign the contract authorising them to do so. Now that they are not happy with Zambia, they are talking about seceding from the country. However, the part of the country that belongs to them is tiny, devoid of resources and would not be able to sustain then. As a result, they are laying claim to a wide area of people who do not even know that they exist, who outnumber them, and are not interested in their secessionist fantasies.

[@Kron8094]

Chill man you got your facts wrong and quite frankly what are you blubbering on about no barotseland or whatever streched into Zimbabwe…chill.

[@Kron8094]

@@MzeewaUjijiplease teach this clearly uninformed gentleman. I couldn’t gather the strength to give him a history lecture, i just didn’t know where to start since he is clearly clueless of what really transpired back then and how some people sought to manipulate others for personal gain.

[@otis3744]

It sounds to be like zambia has an enthnic political tension problem, the best way to solve this is to go the anc route

[@mackyj7801]

​@@otis3744so we can have the MK party right......

[@josepharcher5730]

My sister, I just came across your videos. They are educational, but what I like most about you is your natural hair style. Thank you , I hope you come to Ghana someday to speak to the young ladies.

[@lecee]

@@josepharcher5730 thank you for your comment, appreciate it, glad you are finding the content educational. Maybe the beauty standards in Ghana are making the young women feel pressured to have to fit into some box of what perfection is? That’s what this celebrity culture and social media and cosmetic industry culture makes us feel. Like we need to fit in to some specific look to be appreciated or accepted or employed or whatever it’s a competitive and unfair world and women are subjected to some unfair judgements in all honesty. Men too have stereotypes that I suppose they may be subjected to as well and perhaps it’s easier for men not to actively act out in the way they feel society would appreciate? However, I hear you it would be great if we lived in a world where we didn’t feel those pressures and women could just be themselves and have their own hair and live their lives hassle free. Maybe Ghana will be on the bucket list for the future. ✅

[@fishdawn1804]

Hello! New subscriber here, loving your content. Originally from Rustenburg, now in Botswana with family on both sides. We migrated in 1995 when I was 10-mom's from Botswana, dad's from Rustenburg.

[@lecee]

Thank you for your comment so I take it you have seen a lot more differences with regard to Bots and SA? Do you have a preference?

[@fishdawn1804]

@@lecee Well, I can hardly distinguish between being in SA or BW since the Setswana language is so similar. I often visit Rustenburg to see my cousins, and you may know that there's a larger population of Tswana speakers in the North West Province than in Bots. The only notable difference is the dialect spoken by Pedi/Sotho in the province. The food, culture, and traditional attire are all the same, so being in Rustenburg feels just like being in Botswana.

[@survivingwhitezaddy2.5]

I was in bots in August i stayed a month. Bots is my favourite country ❤

[@lecee]

It is so serene, honestly.

[@onkabetserathari8084]

​@@leceereally explain , where were you at?

[@geogodzhongli]

my mum is from north west province (formerly bophuthatswana) in south africa, setswana is her mother tongue 🙏🏾 such a great language that I should really learn

[@lecee]

@@geogodzhongli I totally agree it’s such a lovely language, more people should learn it so we can preserve its existence

[@stephenkagai2229]

Dumera munyana omonte tata tata . Kiakurata Tata waisi. Watching from Nakuru Kenya.

[@lecee]

It's so cool how I inherently understood this.

[@bonolowazime]

It`s funny how I uderstand everything you said without translating to English, Indeed some Tswana speaking people reside in Kenya too. I`m from Botswana I hope o tsogile sentle.

[@amosidris4121]

Wow. Beautiful. From. Houston tx

[@KatlehoMolekoSterkspruit]

Hee ban! We learn everyday

[@katlegomorobane6797]

Eh!!! The is legendary n ancestral 🙏😁☀️

[@kay67]

Hello beautiful..nice video..kee p sharing

[@jesseewachirandungu8029]

I am a Kukuyu from Kenya but living in Botswana. What i can say is that every South African language has similarities with my Kikuyu languages. Soo many words are same in meaning and sound.

[@lecee]

I love this! We actually have a complex in South Africa called Kikuyu which really speaks to all the commonalities that brings us all together. So the Kikuyu language is like Setswana as well?

[@jesseewachirandungu8029]

@@lecee Yes, it very similar to Setswana. A lot of words in Setswana have the same meaning in Kikuyu language. At times I get surprised by these similarities.

[@Mojoz0z0]

I'm curious about why this is surprising... all bantu languages have similarities... 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@esrakavetu2286]

There are a lot of Tswana people in Namibia, many with roots and families on both sides.

[@lecee]

Oh wow super cool

[@esrakavetu2286]

@@lecee Yes and they incorporate a lot of Afrikaans and Kalahari slang dialects in their setswana

[@anitastudios1859]

Yes they are found around Gobabis and by the way there are some Tswana Radio programs in the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation and also schools around those areas have Setswana as medium of instruction.

[@taolelebenya2941]

They are next door neighbours after all

[@KennyHepundjua-ff2fd]

@@leceeNamibia has a lot of Tswana people and lozi is spoken widely in the northern part of Namibia. Check out herero speaking people in Namibia and how they escaped to Botswana because of the German war. Africans are one people actually! We are more connected than we know

[@eltonmombeshora6183]

The results of colonial borders. Tswana folks in South Africa, Namibia and probably some portions of Zambia. That’s why I advocate for rethinking our borders in a way that fosters African unity, peace and development

[@eltonmombeshora6183]

@@Jazz-fg2dmYes, I agree with you for most of the part. Just a slight difference on point #2. People who speak the same language are not necessarily related, yes just like most of the world uses English but have no consanguinity. However, originally prior to migration, trade and all these factors, people of the same kin shared the same language before their population grew and spread out. Eg english is originally from Germanic tribes. Just like how Bantu languages in Southern Africa are spoken in different countries(defined by colonial borders) but the people in those different countries share common roots prior to recent colonization and Bantu migration that happened a time ago. Hence my point that most of these native Africans who speak the same language are of the same ethnicity.

[@eltonmombeshora6183]

True, we cannot accurately determine historical periods. However, the point is that you can identify strong correlations between an ethnic group and language + culture if you trace back their history. For example, English was mainly spoken by English tribes prior to colonization. However, today English is spoken by most people including those who are of non-English descent but that doesn’t change that the native English people (Anglo Saxons, Anglo-Celts etc..) have the same roots just like we Bantu people who speak the same language but live in different countries defined by colonial borders share the same roots.

[@Jazz-fg2dm]

@@eltonmombeshora6183 >>that doesn’t change that the native English people (Anglo Saxons, Anglo-Celts etc..) have the same roots

[@eltonmombeshora6183]

@@Jazz-fg2dm I used English tribes in reference to groups like Anglo Saxons, Celtic, Hellenic etc… unless if you’re saying there’s no such thing as tribe or clan or whatever the correct term is to describe people of the same lineage. But anyway, I am here to learn so if you have references to books or any study material I am all ears.

[@Jazz-fg2dm]

@@eltonmombeshora6183 >>you can identify strong correlations between an ethnic group and language + culture>For example, English was mainly spoken by English tribes prior to colonization. >that doesn’t change that the native English people (Anglo Saxons, Anglo-Celts etc..) have the same roots These came from different places (Germany, Netherlands, Scandinavia, etc). So what is their common roots? By the way, regarding the so-called white European people, I pose you an ultimate challenge, that is, about 6000 - 7000 years ago, there were no white people in Europe. Can you guess where the white people came from before they invaded Europe? We cannot discuss the roots of the English people starting from the "Anglo Saxons". We will have to start our research much earlier in time if we really want to learn about the actual roots of the English people.

[@augustincolt1079]

Just wanted to say... i like your hair Like really beautiful

[@lecee]

Thank you ☺️

[@kamogelok5315]

Ive been interesting in "The great Bantu Expansion" for a while now and have read some articles on the Lozi people of Zambia. It shocks me as a young South African that we don't learn as much on this information and the fact that its so hard to come by, We as Africans should do more to Document our history not just through oral traditional methods because it gets twisted easily and most knowledge is locked to certain regions.

[@lovedlover2667]

Exactly

[@thato596]

Yes silozi is a mix or Sesotho and luyana but mostly Sesotho. That is why we can understand not all but a lot silozi(serotse)

[@lecee]

This is so cool though. Honestly

[@tshedisoradebe2054]

Your hair is godly🎉🎉🎉

[@lecee]

@@tshedisoradebe2054 thank you 🤗

[@Dr_Du-Little]

Apparently the Victoria Falls located at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe has a native name called Mosi o a thunya (the smoke that thunders). It was given that name by the Tonga people who live both in Zimbabwe and Zambia. It sounds exactly like seTswana

[@lecee]

@@Dr_Du-Little It really does which again just shows us the closeness of the tribes which is something worth noting. Thanks for sharing that, I was not ware of that.

[@Dr_Du-Little]

@@lecee Pleasure is all mine Kgosigadi Let me take you there for a visit. Will going there again next month

[@segamatale8375]

Listening to a pretty lady with high IQ content is refreshing. I have just subscribed to your channel. Loving it already. Please do the traditional dishes content of these tribes and highlight similarities and what they're called per region. Keep it up, re tlaa go kgothatsa thata.

[@lecee]

Thank you for this comment and for this request, I have made a video surrounding the topic you highlighted. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWLNZnVtr7Odqpo

[@Ginger4789]

I will be visiting Botswana this year for sure ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lecee]

Enjoy your travel there. I hope you find the people as accommodating as we did.

[@fishdawn1804]

Great content as usual! I got some info for you . The Babirwa people originated from Transvaal in South Africa. They settled in the Tuli Block area in Botswana, which is separated from South Africa by the Limpopo River. The Babirwa people populate the Bobirwa Subdistrict in Botswana. The Babirwa language is called sebirwa, which is a Sotho dialect. Sebirwa is a heavy dialect of Sotho, especially Sepedi mixed with a little Tshivenda. The Babirwa people moved from Nareng under their chief, Tshukudu, to the Blauwberg area. Some Babirwa moved to Bobonong around 1916 after being told that the land now belonged to BSAC. Ref: Africa tribes

[@lecee]

Oh my goodness this is so informative, thank you so much. So then it makes sense that the language is the same it’s a matter of migration. I appreciate the knowledge share ☺️

[@dulcipetrus6800]

Hi, great content! Yes, Lozi is spoken in Namibia, primarily in the Zambezi region bordering Zambia. Setswana is also spoken in Gobabis, Namibia, near the Botswana border, where the Tswana tribe resides and even have a king.

[@lecee]

Thanks for the information and for watching the vid. Much appreciated 🕊️….

[@mrplumtreeandfamily9899]

I like your content it's teaches us that we are one

[@lecee]

@@mrplumtreeandfamily9899 we are all coming from one place, unity in diversity.

[@mrplumtreeandfamily9899]

@@lecee yes we are One Swahili is The mother of All bantu languages

[@FopaSado]

Vous avez une voix apaisante Bravo et bonne continuation pour ce réveil des consciences

[@lecee]

Thank you

[@FopaSado]

@@lecee je vous suis depuis le Cameroun en Afrique centrale

[@MorecondradRamagonono]

Botswana is a big country with small people,i hope we work on increasing the population😁

[@luthovellem865]

There are more Batswana in South Africa than Botswana. 2,6 million in Botswana, 5 million in South Africa, so in a weird way South Africa is still the actual tswana country.

[@lecee]

Very interesting 🧐 I follow the logic

[@mofine23]

Botswana is like England is to the English , SOuth Africa tswana speaking folks are like Irish . Botswana ke Original

[@kagimanye1757]

@@lecee Tswana people in South Africa, we are many and we relate very well with people from Botswsana

[@lekgethomothupi4007]

@@mofine23its actually the other way around. SA are the originators. Looking at History😅

[@Frank-wr9bi]

South Africa is still Botswana just that the colonizer divide according to his liking.We are ONE.

[@bonolowazime]

You should research more and create content about this, it`s interesting because I`m Motswana but my parents come from Barotse tribe known as Lozi in Zambia according to comments I have read here.

[@lecee]

I definitely plan to.

[@asaasare220]

Thank young sis … people will realize that human migration has been going on for a long time

[@lecee]

Yeah and it’s super fascinating :)

[@letlhogonoloelijahletsatsi8859]

Lingala in DRC,, more similar words to Setswana

[@lecee]

I just watched a Lingala video but I battled to understand, I mean there were a few words that sounded similar to Setswana words, such as mbula/ mvula which means rain I think, as well as obala which forms part of a meaning surrounding time but contextually different generally, but perhaps it was the wrong dialect that I watched, which dialect of Lingala sounds closest to Setswana?

[@thembikunene4531]

I disagree, I work with people from DRC, not understood what they were saying obviously I was using a lingala interpreter.

[@wesleyselabe5350]

That's so true. Botswana was never colonised but protected by the British empire.

[@leratosetlogelo7004]

It was colonised, protectorate is a colony! Hence our Tswanas had to go beg Pink english 4 independence!

[@KebonyeDichabe]

​@@leratosetlogelo7004there no Tswanas in Botswana

[@zazzleq6139]

@@leratosetlogelo7004you wish. We defeated colonization attempt’s multiple times. No orania here

[@koketsomokone2975]

A protectorate is a semi-autonomous colony.

[@THEezrah]

lmfaoooo the reason why you're "botswana" is because of being colonized ​@@zazzleq6139

[@MrsLordAbroad]

There are other languages that could accommodate to the one million people!! Bakalaka (huge population in Francistown,northern part…baherero,basubiya etc…it’s not only batswana speaking people in Botswana

[@lecee]

Are the other languages dialects or versions of Setswana or are the other languages separate from Setswana altogether?

[@thatimos7783]

The first mistake was calling this country after the identity of batswana tribe therefore overshadowing the identity of non-tswana tribes. But to answer you there are other languages of other tribes separate from setswana language. There's amaXhosa tribe found in several locations like Mahalapye xhosa1 & 2, Bikwe, Rakhuna, Ditshana, Otse, Manyana, Moshupa, Mankgodi. The leader of the opposition coalition in Botswana UDC uMhlekazi Duma Gideon Boko is one the prominent Xhosa people in Botswana look him up. Then there's Amandebele tribe found in Francistown, Mahalapye & Rakhuna. Also there's Basotho tribe found in Rakhuna & Tlhare Seleele. All this tribes that I have mentioned above migrated from South Africa some during the Mfecane wars and others during the Boer trek and settled in what is now called Botswana batswana included also. There's also Bakalanga tribe found in Francistown they speak iKalanga it's not setswana but closely related to the Shona language. Also Bayei tribe, Herero tribe and more that I have not mentioned.

[@ogone1465]

​@@leceethey are different languages

[@leratosetlogelo7004]

The great majority r Tswana anyway! Hence Botswana Tswana land! Hence all presidents Tswana!

[@kabzaify]

Hey we are tried of this so called minorities, is our land Botswana for Batswana

[@kagimanye1757]

One notable example is the Manyana Rock Shelter in Botswana, which is not in South Africa but shares cultural similarities with Tswana architecture. This site features circular stone structures believed to have been inhabited by the ancestors of the Tswana people over a thousand years ago. However, in South Africa, there are likely similar ancient circular dwellings scattered throughout regions historically inhabited by Tswana communities, but specific examples would require archaeological investigation or local knowledge.

[@Onelove-Oneheart-h4c]

Yes. There is a place south of Johannesburg called thaba ya batswana in Kliprivierberg. It is an old Batswana settlement

[@EclipsegrendaTv]

I had to subscribe ❤

[@Stimlas]

The whole Zambezi region of Namibia speak Lozi, also there are Tswana people in the Omaheke region which is Eastern part of Namibia.

[@lecee]

@@Stimlas This is so interesting. Thanks for the info.ℹ️

[@leslyramodike4512]

South african Batswana population is around 5 million and the population of Botswana as an country is around 2 million if not mistaken

[@lecee]

@@leslyramodike4512 yeah I know that’s what Wikipedia says but what are the stats by ethnicity from like census data or something along those lines, just out of curiosity…

[@Onelove-Oneheart-h4c]

Lozi people are known as Barotse people in Botswana. They are made up of Zambian - Congolese tribe that was conquered by Basotho people fleeing difaqane/mfecane. Similar to how Mzilikiazi conquered shona group and created "matebeleland"

[@lecee]

This is so enlightening, thanks for sharing the knowledge. I didn’t know that.

[@lozi4163]

Balobedu ke balozi or Balozwi. Barozwi

[@skulpad]

The Bantu speaking people's migration is comprehensively discussed in the book The Zulu Aftermath by Omar & Cooper.

[@DellaMwaka]

Point of correction, Lozi is not a tribe but a language like kiswahili,fanakalo and Afrikaans.

[@Onelove-Oneheart-h4c]

@user-hs2cj8yv6r i am not sure who you are correcting, I never said they were a tribe. Shona people are also not a tribe.

[@RussellFig]

The Bantu Languages have common terms from one language to another.Some languages are mutually interchangeble.

[@youme1414]

Thank you, ma'am.

[@hopebuhali3887]

You're a hater of South Africans

[@GeorgePapaya]

Quite a piece. Though the origins of languages have been greatly distorted. Its common through southern africa. All of southern africa, we have setswana, spedi, ndebele, shona, shangani in Zimbabwe though not the most common as the speakers are few, with the many other languages they are fewer speakers but they exist

[@lecee]

@@GeorgePapaya ethnic-language promotion and enthusiasm specifically in the Southern African landscape is somewhat of a dying hope unfortunately

[@njavwa2886]

Southern Africa is a melting pot of langages, for example the Zulu under Zwangendaba during mfecane trekked northwards to Chipata in eastern Zambia & are now ruled by Inyandezulu Inkosi Yamakhosi Mphezeni KaZwangendaba. The language is slightly lost but the culture is still there.

[@Didiza123]

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[@monarengkgomo9307]

I spent four days in Kasane, Northern Botswana. While some young lady was busy assisting me an ill behaved friend of hers came in and the embarrassed young lady called her to order switching from Setswana to another language which I assume was SeLozi. She thought I could not understand what they were saying but I understood everything, coming from an area in South Africa where we speak a mixture of Sepedi and Setswana.

[@lecee]

As you said Sepedi and Setswana I gathered "Sipitori" :-) languages are fun honestly and what's even more great is when people speak and think you can't hear them, I hope they weren't gossiping about you, that would be the worst.

[@hermantshidi3288]

Hello guys, am Thabang from south africa. Also a tswana person from south africa

[@onkabetserathari8084]

Just lost in your beauty ❤

[@gatshenindlovu8224]

Who's this beautiful lady 💐

[@Frank-wr9bi]

All Southern African countries are actually one big “COUNTRY “ just that the colonizer divide us and named each section according to how far off the languages differ. WE ARE ONE, I’d very much love it if Africans understood that fact. Very sad that some believe we are from different people to an extent that some commit Xenophobia. RE BATHO BA LE BANGWE BAGAETSHO.

[@lecee]

@@Frank-wr9bi interesting and duly noted.

[@feliciaboitumelomataboge7725]

There are Batswana in SA North West ,Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana. Batswana

[@lecee]

True

[@kingk4094]

Setswana is one of the official languages of Zimbabwe

[@PHlophe]

Felicia, i think its important to pay attention of Cenral african languages such as Lingala , Tshiluba and Duala. when i lived in Belgium i was dealing witsh congolese are started to understand the language . i did not know Tswana at all . and when someone spoke Tswana it became clear to me that its distantly related to Lingala and Tshiluba. its as if its pieces of that languages that scattered across the Tswana sotho pool.

[@mrplumtreeandfamily9899]

​@@leceeI am from plumtree Zimbabwe we speak ndebele setswana khalanga

[@modisaneunity4534]

​@@PHlophe wow really

[@andreahoehmann1939]

For those interested in linguistics: There are courses in Northern Soto at Berlin's Humboldt University.

[@BM-dr4eu]

Oh wow! Could you give us a brief rundown of what’s in the course?

[@andreahoehmann1939]

@@BM-dr4eu You could ask Prof. Tom Güldemann, Afrikawissenschaften, HU Berlin.

[@othomile]

I once saw a Rwanda traditional dqnce so similar to Setswana traditional dance ya Setswana , As fo the Lozi who are predominantly in Zambia and Some parts of Northren Botswana, i was also shocked to find our languagea arw similar even though materially I'm part Lozi myself, we actually call them Barotsi in Botswana, even Victoria falls name of Mosi oa Thunya is Serotsi, find out more about Rotse Land and the nation and national anthem is similar and the same as that of Lesotho.

[@kabzaify]

Those people were converted into Batswana, for example Gammangwato(Khama Country) used to go as far as present day Zambia. And that’s how Barotsi were created. Mahalapye was built by Barotsi migrants

[@lecee]

I have heard of Barotse but for some reason it didn't occur to me before that those are Lozi people but now as I say it out loud it has made the correct impact, thanx for sharing

[@Kgoki890]

Bapedi are: Bakgatla, Swati(Masemola/Matlebjane), Matebele, koni, Hlubi , Baroka, Bakwena, Bantwane, Batlokwa, Barwa(San), Bakopa(also Nguni), Pai(Nguni), Mapulana, Bakgakga, Korana(Khoi-San) led by Moshoeu etc Bapedi are people from Lekwebepe ( between Vaal & Limpopo river) they referred this place as their country. Before Bophutatswana existed groups of Bakgatla included in Bapedi we were fighting Bafokeng,,Bakwena ba Mogopa etc as one group before Bapedi were defeated in 1879, &Transvaal subdivided in to West, East , North.

[@lecee]

Oh goodness that is a lot of history that I did not know, thank you for sharing.

[@lecee]

Oh goodness that is a lot of history that I did not know, thank you for sharing.

[@kagimanye1757]

@@lecee there is a lot of history that people outside South Africa need to learn, sure we are also learn from others too. There is alot of misinformation from the British and the Afrikaners.

[@kemmoneR]

one thing i hate is when bapedi try to distort history. When has bakgatla been part of bapedi? I don't know why you guys do that, is as if you want to some amazing status. All bakgatla groups are batswana. Simple. We are not bapedi!

[@kemmoneR]

honestly, bapedi is a recent kingdom. And you had to include others to try make a nation. All those groups you mentioned most dispute to be baPedi. Saying bakwena ke bapedi is crazy, when bakwena are the sibliblings to Mohurutshe, Morolong and kgatla. Just stop it!

[@danielteme2748]

Batswana who are in South Africa are more than those residing in Botswana, we also have Batswana in Namibia

[@lecee]

Why are there fewer Batswana in Botswana than in SA?

[@francigabade2358]

I think it has to do with the arid, 'inhospitable' landscape , the Botswana flag will tell you more, its hiding the rest of the answer to your question.@@lecee

[@kagimanye1757]

A big part of South Africa is native to the Tswana people/the language/the culture etc when Johannesburg was established by the British and the others, they openly mentioned that they found Sotho/TSwana speaking people already living there. In different parts of Sout Africa there are numerous ancient sites where the Tswana people lived.

[@stanthemafia]

Men on culture.. we are gathered here today…

[@Nci-x7f]

I wanted to say Setswana, Babirwa, and Lilima so are there other vernacular languages besides those???

[@lecee]

I won't lie, I literally googled this to respond to you "According to the CIA's World Factbook, the most common Bantu languages spoken in Botswana are Setswana (73.3% of the population), Kalanga (17.2%), Kgalagadi (2.4%), Shona (1%) Mbukushu (1.6%) and Ndebele (1%). 1.7% speak Tshwa (a Khoe language) and 0.1% speak ! Xóõ, a Tuu language (both non-Bantu)"

[@i-dred5153]

Ones dem sis it’s all related to the Bantu language blessings!!

[@Jamal_dont_mess]

There are Setswana speaking in Namibia too.

[@lecee]

Yes that's right, I mentioned that and inserted an image at 5:57 in this video

[@Demru_1]

Very Interesting data, "Di tswa ganong ga di siane" Rumours not far from the truth, A) is death penalty still a law? B) I heard there's no chesa nyama because people must respect time with family than socialising? C)How is the school system, is it free, is the level Cambridge level? D) Is it easy to relocate and start an enterprise as SA citizen? Will they treat a Tswana from SA like any other foreigner in the continent or u'mkhaya? Keep up the good work!

[@lecee]

Great questions, A) See the following. legalbrief.co.za/diary/legalbrief-today/story/time-for-botswana-to-abandon-death-penalty/pdf/ it says as of 1 April 2024 Botswana has not yet abolished that law. B) I'm not sure why there isn't a Chesa Nyama maybe it's because of what you said but I'm not sure about this one. C) Education in Botswana is free for the first 10 years, which completes the cycle through middle school. The first 7 years of this are at primary school, where the pupil-teacher ratio is approximately 13 to 1.The medium of education is Setswana for the 1st 4 years, thereafter English. D) See the following; fastercapital.com/content/Start-a-business-in-Botswana.html "1. You must be a resident of Botswana for at least six months before starting your business. 2. Your business must be registered with the local government. 3. You must have an operational budget and be able to show that you are able to pay your own debts. 4. You must have a valid product or service delivery agreement with an existing customer or partner. 5. Your business must have accurate and up-to-date contact information for your employees." And thanx for watching.

[@koketsomokone2975]

Considering the size of geographical area the Sotho-Tswana peoples cover, we could be one of the richest people groups if we strengthen our trade links across our various boarders. Lesotho to SA to Bots to Zim to Namibia, Zambia and beyond.

[@lecee]

@@koketsomokone2975 how difficult would it be to actually align on this though? Historically especially in the states when these kinds of initiatives were aspirational aims there was very strong opposition that resulted in collapse of empowerment initiatives. daily.jstor.org/the-devastation-of-black-wall-street/

[@lesegogaebeeyn4005]

You're beautiful and articulate

[@lecee]

Thank you

[@advocatemfandaidza3943]

Northern Sotho is an official language in Zimbabwe and its spoken by a people called Babirwa found at Gwanda and Kezi(kgetsi).Tswana is also a Zim official language and spoken in Gwanda ,Mpoeng and Plumtree.

[@lecee]

Oh wow this is quite fascinating, in all honesty.

[@stephensasula]

What about the Cape Province ,are there any Batswana to be found there

[@lecee]

Yes in the Northern Cape there are many Batswana people :-)

[@stephensasula]

Thank you very much

[@aleksandra2520]

What a beautiful lady❤

[@lecee]

@@aleksandra2520 spasibo!

[@ferdieortman6614]

Dumelang mommy sokolate ❤❤❤

[@masjm7278]

CORRECTION!! Majority BATSWANA Resides in their Ancestral LANDS of South Africa

[@leratosetlogelo7004]

We settled SA from Botswana & Zambia, DrC, Rwanda, Uganda etc. Yes we came here b4 Pink european settlers & intermarried with the KhoiKhoi & much lesser extent Khoisan hence easily naturalised! Pink europeans issued licences to have Gamxa KhoiKhoi hunted, killed, left breats cut off etc!

[@masjm7278]

Can you Prove it ,With Historical and Biological Evidence??@@leratosetlogelo7004

[@kabzaify]

@@leratosetlogelo7004I don’t know anything about us being from Congo or any of those places, I’m only sure of our origins in South Africa. Period

[@francigabade2358]

You are not alone!@@kabzaify

[@compton8301]

@@kabzaify We don’t originate in SA.

[@DNC55-v2j]

From East Africa , no wonder you look like my sister

[@lecee]

I'm not from East Africa.

[@DNC55-v2j]

@@lecee I meant if y'all S African bantus originally were from E Africa , we have a similar look to back that theory too. (I am an East African Bantu)

[@nickmutavi9121]

The concept of a Protectorate denotes a region under the control of a foreign country, frequently evolving into a colony. The East African Protectorate, encompassing territories such as Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanganyika, and Uganda, emerged as a pivotal historical development. This administrative framework was instituted in the aftermath of the insolvency of the Imperial British East African Company (IBEAC), the preceding governing entity. The IBEAC's bankruptcy prompted the transition to the Protectorate, leading to the consolidation and eventual merging of certain regions within the broader East African landscape.

[@andromedagalaxy8627]

Tanganyika was never a protectorate. It was a UN trust territory.

[@nickmutavi9121]

@@andromedagalaxy8627 UN was only established in 1945 IBEAC existed before the UN

[@andromedagalaxy8627]

@@nickmutavi9121 Tanganyika territory was part of Germany East Africa colony. It became a league of nations mandate after world war 1. In 1945, it was made a UN trust territory. Tanganyika territory had never been a protectorate in history.

[@kwesidiamonds8242]

I like your hair Mrs

[@lecee]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@VICK18009]

Today I'm seeing beautiful Batswana people can I come live there? I promise to learn the language.

[@lecee]

Botswana people are definitely quite beautiful… If you want to move there permanently then you can read up on it here www.ibn.co.za/botswana/#:~:text=You'll%20need%20to%20go,an%20approval%20or%20rejection%20letter.

[@mcreativetalentacademy]

Le kae? O tsogile jang? 😊 im learning your language

[@lecee]

@@mcreativetalentacademy ke teng ke tsogile sentle. That’s exciting, good luck with the lessons, I hope it goes well.

[@twahirwajerry9220]

I come from East Africa, Rwanda and eastern DRC precisely. I like your video; I feel your content has elements of truth but as to Tswana speaking dialects in east Africa, I haven't seen any as far as I am concerned, in fact many of the dialects used in east Africa are said to originate from the horn of Africa, the region encompassing modern day Ethiopia, Somalia and probably the Sudan

[@theblackgods4699]

Tswana is a bantu language the languages you're referring to are cushitic or afroasiatic . Kinyrwanda is a bantu language

[@patriot_2022]

@@theblackgods4699 it's true. and there are many languages of the Bantu cluster, but I haven't also heard of any with similarities to Setswana/Sesotho. It is usually Luhya that we know has some similarities with isiZulu, but hey maybe Uganda has.

[@thatchinaboi1]

You are so pretty. ❤️

[@lecee]

Thank you

[@bantuvoicemuchaik.k.7715]

I can attest and verify to you that the whole lot of Southern African bantu are almost mutually intelligible with Bantus in the East of Africa,...and us in the east again find so many similarities with the drc...the base is actually same....all of us the (bantu)really started our migration some where in the congo...

[@i-dred5153]

Incorrect as anthropologically/scientifically the earliest human remains was discovered in Turkana Kenya near Mt Kirinyaga also referred to as Mount Zion!!.

[@Changamira]

True natural African beauty

[@lecee]

Thank you

[@CloudGalore]

Corrections!!! It's 2 million people in botswana speaking Setswana

[@lecee]

yes I mentioned that the article is outdated in the video already, I said the population “is not” 1 million

[@anitastudios1859]

The few differences between you guys and us Babirwa is that we tend to say "ta" when you say "Tla" eg Takeeno instead of tlaakeeno (come here). Sebirwa has been heavily influenced by Sengwato. That is why today when you get to Bobonong , the Babirwa capital this side of Botswana , it is like Bapedi trying to speak Sengwato. But also because we have Bavenda closer to us we tend to borrow some words or style from them our neighbors , which is cool. Sometimes for instance instead of saying Tauyatswala , Mmirwa may say Dauyatswala.

[@philipomakupa7665]

Ok interesting content. I think it's just the differences in spellings and accent but the sound is pretty same, e.g (come here) in Lozi of western Zambia is (taa kwanu) so you can see that the sound comes out like takeeno or tlaakeeno

[@philipomakupa7665]

in Lozi we say, 'tau ya shwatala'

[@MorecondradRamagonono]

My guy do you know real sebirwa

[@nostalgiakitty2057]

The lozi people are from South Africa, they were displaced during Mfcane and left what is South Africa today and migrated North.

[@lecee]

Really? Oh my goodness, I did not know that, thank you for enlightening me😊

[@kalomboC]

The Kololo were from SA, migrated north and colonized the Lozi [Luyana] state. After their overthrow and assimilation by the Lozi [Luyana], their language 'Makololo' became the lingua franca of Bulozi [Barotse - the Lozi state]

[@patriot_2022]

@@kalomboC that is unlikely to be factual, because the strong never took the language of the less strong. Naturally it is the other way round, and that is how it has been throughout history. If the Lozi won the conflict, then it would be their language and culture that is practiced by all in that State. So either they didn't win the conflict, or your account is not accurate.

[@kalomboC]

@patriot_2022 go do you research, you will find it is factual

[@patriot_2022]

@@kalomboC point me to the sources of that. like, you got a library link?

[@jack3finger]

Go Botswana and Sotho

[@Nci-x7f]

If I may ask how many venecular languages are spoken in Botswana? I know Setswana,Lima and now Birwa. Are there anymore???

[@lecee]

According to Wikipedia it says there are about 8 languages spoken mo Botswana, I'm not sure how accurate this is though.

[@Nci-x7f]

@@lecee thank you so,so much for your reply. I will stick with 8🙏🙏🙏

[@yougetaspear7799]

Can we talk about your fine looks thou

[@lecee]

Thank you

[@yougetaspear7799]

@@lecee welcome

[@Charles-e2z5v]

In Zimbabwe they are Babirwa people and tswana found in Plamtree and kezi and some parts of Zimbabwe

[@Kron8094]

Those are tourists and people who migrated from Botswana into Zimbabwe mostly insearch of better climate, better weather as zimbabwe has nice weather all year round than blazing hot Botswana and better fertile land as well. Its still pretty nice in nothern zimbabwe where most Tswanas in Zimbabwe are found though its nowhere near as beautiful as the easten highlands, mashonaland west province as well as mash east province.

[@ramtaification]

Oh, this reminds me. My ex told me that the place, Kezi, was originally called Kgetse and they have a man who rides a donkey cart written "mphemphe o a lapisa". So whenever I speak Setswana, she'd be reminded of home.

[@kikinlozano958]

This woman is very beautiful. I don't know if I'm wrong, but I get the impression that she has features of the Bushmen tribes.

[@lecee]

@@kikinlozano958 thank you

[@Eniola0ne]

African Continent the home of beauty. Take a look at beautiful and naturally light skin African women. She is mixed with nothing, purely indigenous people of Southern part of African Continent.

[@perla5465]

Probably a small part or Namibia

[@lecee]

@@perla5465 that makes sense

[@BalesengMoroke-i4f]

Since when is tswana western sotho

[@lecee]

Not sure, but if that’s incorrect, educate me ^^,, I’m a traveler just exploring. My statements come from the links in the description, I’m open to being enlightened. Thanx for watching the video. ☺️

[@BalesengMoroke-i4f]

​@@leceethe important question here is where you got your information from,because there is a variety of sources with different information

[@BalesengMoroke-i4f]

​@@leceei guess you got stumped. it is very important when you do your research,assuming you did.dont just rely on conventional history books and political science text,you must go back to original sources. It does require a bit of effort,because most of the material is junk.there are guides that can you hints about where to look,and sometimes you will references in secondary sources and often they are misinterpreted.real research is always a collective activity, and its results can make a large contribution to changing consciousness ,increasing insight and understanding.basically the gist is more reading will broaden your capacity

[@Kgoki890]

Historical when missionaries started writing they classified people as Southern Sotho, Western Sotho & Northern Sotho before terms were changed to SeTswana and Sepedi.

[@Onelove-Oneheart-h4c]

We are all basotho people North, West and South. Just as Danish, German, English and Dutch are germanic. Just as Zulu and Xhosa are Nguni. Spanish, Portuguese and Italian latin.

[@PolenaEsther]

Dumelang le kae,Re teng

[@lecee]

Ahe! Ke teng.

[@lebotab22]

We are the Batswana not tswana, we are Setswana language speaking, Botswana, at North West, Northern Cape and few are at Johannesburg. Soweto. Don't undermine the Batswana, they are not forein nationals , they fought for this Land and they are the custodian of SA Land.

[@lecee]

I’m also partly Tswana so I wouldn’t undermine myself. 😂 But semantics of saying Tswana versus Motswana has been received, thanx.

[@Kabelo-xz2zl]

Thanks tswana ke go inyenyefatsa

[@petejackson7976]

Your audio is a bit low. You are barely audible.

[@lecee]

This video audio perhaps wasn’t the best however if you listen with headsets, AirPods or headphones you should be okay. It doesn’t sound so low on my devices but you are not the first to point this out, so thank you, noted.

[@lebogangbossjesusmatabolog4332]

BaSotho (Tswana, Pedi, Sotho) history is very deep and ancient but unfortunately misunderstood. There people in the nothren cape, south Africa call the Kurana they are what people would call khoiSan. Im originally from kuruman, and the Tswana people there speak about a bantu expansion instead of bantu migration. From my understanding Batswana originated in southern african then migrated north west to the sudans 🇸🇩. Hence baRolong history speaks of batswana being black smiths and trading in east africa. We should really speak more about baSotho history. Its deep and amazing.

[@lecee]

@@lebogangbossjesusmatabolog4332 I’m in awe at the exciting history of our people, unfortunately the education system has not shed light on our own bantu history and there is not much encouragement to venture into those avenues so I suppose it must be a self motivated introspection that propels us into the curiosity of what lay before us and what actually brought us where we are now.

[@kemmoneR]

Batswana don't fall under basotho. Please respect us

[@Onelove-Oneheart-h4c]

We same people called by different names, our ancestors called all nguni people matebele. The nguni people called us Basotho the southern sotho are not original sotho simply because they decided to name the kingdom Lesotho ​@kemmoneR

[@papa24479]

There's no Tsana speaking people in Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda but you look Rwandese, actually like one of my cousins

[@lecee]

That's quite fascinating. What is spoken in Rwanda? Swahili?

[@dusingizeprincipe5054]

​@@lecee we speak Kinyarwanda, I want you to do a video about how come Rwanda traditional dance is very similar to batswana dance. Actually the Closest after Burundi dance for me.

[@papa24479]

@@lecee Kinyarwanda is the official languge spoken in Rwanda, which has a close similarity to Kirundi spoken in Burundi, a minority of the population do speak swahili though its the most popular language in East Africa

[@bantuvoicemuchaik.k.7715]

Sestwana (the surfix_wana)is for bantu mean children.... So setswana from a Kenya perspective...means children (or descendants..or the dialect of the setswana...

[@lecee]

Setswana means children in a Kenyan language? Very interesting.

[@alexmwesa]

So there are no setswana speaking poeple in Mafikeng

[@lecee]

@@alexmwesa Of course there are :-)

[@RuthMadumo]

Tlogelang ngwanà kea le kopa tuu .O montle ga ke gane stoutetjies

[@lecee]

lol kealeboga

[@CunningCon]

She's beautiful

[@lecee]

Thank you

[@pusomogwera9260]

SA has more Batswana than Botswana, Lozi are from SA as well

[@lecee]

This is interesting.

[@Rhye7767]

So pretty

[@lecee]

Thank you.

[@mthokozisilanga4497]

Batswana in South Africa are more than Batswana in Botswana.

[@MorecondradRamagonono]

Yeah South Africans stole the land

[@dusingizeprincipe5054]

Don't know much about Batswana but one needs to do reseach obout who copied who between Batswana and Banyarwanda dances😂😂 Especially the batswana's setapa and Banyarwanda's Umudiho!! Same rythm, same mooves!!

[@lecee]

@@dusingizeprincipe5054 who are the Banyarwanda people? Where do they originate?

[@dusingizeprincipe5054]

@@lecee people from Rwanda and of Rwandan origin

[@domju6546]

😁

[@Iam_Antidote_forever]

Can i have a Tswana wife coz wow

[@lecee]

My mom is a Tswana wife, my dad is very lucky to have found her. Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and Zambia are where they are hiding I think.

[@davidalimusic]

Angel 🤍

[@survivingwhitezaddy2.5]

You can find your angel in the middle east.

[@dumisaninxumalo7574]

They are bushmen mos

[@lecee]

@@dumisaninxumalo7574 uhm yes Batswana and Khoisan people originate from Bantu-speaking tribes, I assume.

[@patriot_2022]

why are you including Sierra Leone 😂? It is not in East Africa....very far West Africa.

[@lecee]

@@patriot_2022 out of curiosity of where else is Setswana spoken in Africa, the question mark implies a question….

[@patriot_2022]

@@lecee 😁😁 okay. meaning you could also have put Senegal, or Barbados there, in the context of Great Lakes Region, to ask where else it could be spoken in the world. Very far places. Makes sense to ask Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia.. because they extend from the Great Lakes Region. It's interesting how you put a country very far in West of Africa in that question.. like there is no connection. Or I missed some part

[@modisaramoleko]

Wouldn't trust the anthropologists. But i do lament how little history South Africa teaches its children

[@lecee]

South African history is everyone’s own responsibility in schools which is honestly not that great. African history in schools is a wish. However perhaps times are changing and subject matter is being updated. From my memory I only remember ever being formerly taught Western History in all honesty.

[@modisaramoleko]

@@lecee thanks for the reply. There's so much more to the Sotho-Tswana n Pedi story than you can imagine. Unfortunately in your SA there's a distinct bias towards the Nguni mythology of fierce warriors blah blah. The Americans often described Botswana as Africa's exception, not realising it's the Tswana, Sotho, and Pedi thing that is the exception, not the country per se. I wish we had a better forum, then I would show you some astonishing things. But western anthropology has got it so wrong about us

[@so9487]

Why are you whispering?

[@lecee]

I’m not whispering, take the volume on your phone or laptop or other device up 😂

[@so9487]

​@@leceeIt's important to always listen to critical feedback from your viewers and make necessary corrections for next time. Please note that your microphone may be too far away or your recording volume may be too low. To hear you clearly, I had to raise the player volume to 100% and use an external volume booster to amplify it by 300%.

[@christophertaylor7006]

…do you all recognize Azahniya as a country, State…

[@lecee]

Not to my knowledge however google speaks to the knowledge of others and I found it says “The name would be taken up politically in the mid-1960s by the Pan Africanist Congress as a Pan-African name for South Africa, according to Hilton's Peoples of Azania.” But then again Tanzania, 🇹🇿, Somalia 🇸🇴 and other regions are also labelled Azania on google so in all honesty I am completely uncertain.🤨

[@Onelove-Oneheart-h4c]

Heita warix 🤭