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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …