Botswana: A Dancing Nation

Monday, November 23, 2009

FRANCISTOWN: Do you ever stop to wonder whether Setswana is like other languages when it comes to using metaphors or speaking in such a way that the uninitiated would find it difficult to comprehend?

It is said that one day after his installation as the paramount chief of the Bangwato, President Ian Khama used to have visitations from his subjects to tell him about their problems.

One of the subjects was having a domestic problem. After sitting down and greeting the "Kgosikgolo", he told Khama that his wife was refusing with the blankets.

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