'Tswana Gospel' according to Manu Manjesh Lal

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On an ordinary back-street in Block 8, the landscape of Legaga-la-ga-Kobokwe has been created. Every nation has got its own myths and beliefs that have been there since time immemorial and simply refuse to die away. One such myth surrounds Legaga-la-ga-Kobokwe, situated a few kilometers from Molepolole, on the Thamaga Road where it is believed that scores of villains were executed on a cliff.

Legend has it that when the executions stopped, all sorts of evil spirits, including ghosts, terrible serpents and other mystical creatures started inhabiting the place and to some die-hard traditionalists, it is a no-go area. Even today, some believe that only those endowed with some supernatural powers like dingaka tsa Setswana (traditional doctors), sangomas and dikgosi can venture near the caves.

In an interesting twist, the Gaborone West Open Baptist Church has broken a long held view that Christianity and African traditional religions can never relate well with each other.

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