Nov 20, 2022 · Bogwera was a religious and cultural practice that played an integral part in the community’s spiritual life and expression of Batswana. Typically, young males between the ages of 16 and 23 underwent initiation.

Since Isaac Schapera began detailing the elements of Tswana societies in his many articles and books, has become the point of departure for legions of writers on Tswana culture and history. For example, regiment was formerly accompanied by elaborate ceremonies, known as bogwera...." (Schapera 1962:38).

Sep 30, 2017 · It is in the transmogrification of bogwera in Luke 2:21 that an act of hybridisation and creolisation takes place through the ordering of the Batswana cosmology and culture.

Sep 30, 2017 · It is in the transmogrification of bogwera in Luke 2:21 that an act of hybridisation and creolisation takes place through the ordering of the Batswana cosmology and culture.

These stages can be summarized as: baby 'lesea'; boy 'mosemane'; youth 'leSoboro'; circumcised youth 'modikana'; member of a short transitional period 'sealoga'; initiate 'leagola'; initiate undergoing the bogwera 'legwere'; and finally adult man 'monna'.

Khama III (c. 1837 – 21 February, 1923), referred to by missionaries as Khama the Good also called Khama the Great, was the Kgosi (meaning king) of the Bangwato people. Malope, a chief of the Bakwena, led his people from the Transvaal region …

A man who did not undergo bogwera was regarded as a boy, who would be excluded from conversations among men, who would not be allowed to marry, and who would be considered a boy all his life. The sacredness of bogwera is reflected in the secrecy about where it is held, and what happened during the initiation. Everyone participating in this rite ...

The article seeks to argue that firstly, there is a fundamental connection between ngaka and bogwera in Setswana tradition. This is because ngaka performed the rite of initiation and was a central figure in the circumcision (rupa) of those undergoing the rite of imitation.

Mar 26, 2014 · Historically, ritual male circumcision, or bogwera, was a traditional practice used to mark the transition from boyhood to manhood and conferred gendered identity and a sense of personhood upon male initiates.

Jan 1, 2005 · The schools of Bogwera and Bojale were central to the cultural life of the Batswana, especially as a stage in the development of young people. Gender analysis of the practices of Bogwera and Bojale, however, shows that the process resulted in gender constructions that had a long lasting impact in the lives of both men and women.