The Orphan And The Ants Part 7 � The Sons Of Ngwato

Also numbering among the merafe of the region, who had been united under the kingship of Motshodi the Good, were the Bangwato.

The Ngwato dynasty’s roots date back to at least the 16th century with the birth of its progenitor, Ngwato, who was a junior son of a Kgosi of the Bakwena bagaMagopa in what is now South Africa. According to common legend, Kwena, followed by Ngwato and Ngwaketse, where the sons an ancient BagaMagopa ruler named Malope, or alternatively his son, Masilo.