The Chobe Bird

Monday, May 17, 2021

The “Kwando” (or “Cuando”), “Linyanti” and “Chobe” are alternative names for a single river whose thalweg or the main channel has since 1890 defined much of Botswana’s northern border.

Kwando is a longstanding Mbukushu designation for the river, while Linyanti was a place of probable ChiKuhane (Subiya) origin that served as the royal village of Sebetwane’s Makololo kingdom.

The origin of Chobe is problematic. According to David Livingstone, who along with William Oswell and others explored the area in 1851, Chobe was what the Makololo called the river.

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