Metsemegologolo to digitise early Tswana urban spaces

Friday, February 28, 2020

Digital Seoke is exploring a Bangwaketse capital through a digital humanities project

Researchers and scholars have been documenting local history for decades to develop innovative digital archives of diverse materials pertinent to the history of the region prior to colonial times.

Some of them have even partnered with the National Museum and University of Botswana in making more research and documenting local artifacts through the Metsemegologolo Project.

The Metsemegologolo Project also known as the digital research and teaching tool for the origins of urbanism in Southern Africa aims to collect and research on Tswana Urbanisation from the 18th century to recent times.

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Metsemegologolo to digitise early Tswana urban spaces

Researchers and scholars have been documenting local history for decades to develop innovative digital archives of diverse materials pertinent to the history of the region prior to colonial times.

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