Game Of Thrones (Part1)

Today marks the 125th anniversary of the death of the Bakwena Kgosi Sechele I, whose passing coincided with the birth of a great grandson: Kelebantshe-a-Kealeboga, the future Kgosi Sebele II, as well as the death also in Molepolole of the Bakaa Kgosi, Mosinyi.

Perhaps with an element of hindsight, it has been said that the death of the great Mokwena was accompanied by foreboding signs. A certain Rangwadi prophesied that the end of the dynasty.

Songs of doom were also sung. One of these, “Diremogolo,” spoke of a white man who shouted at the land and would come to steal Bogosi jwa Bakwena. Another song, “Rasekete,” alluded to impending internal divisions, its chorus telling of a kgosi who dies in possession of fine black and white cattle, which then grew grey and developed dangerous horns.

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