Motse yo o simologile e le wa morafe wa baphaleng (Tlou and Campbell 1997; A.M. Chebanne and K.C. Monaka 2008), ba e riling morago ba fitlelwa ke bangwato ba bane ba le ka fa tlase ga taolo ya ga kgosi sekgoma wa ntlha (Sekgoma I) ka dingwaga tsa bo 1850. Go ya ka beng ba motse kgosi ya baphaleng e tsere bangwato gotswa ko Mosu ko baneng ba tshwengwa le go tlhaselwa kgapetsa bogolo jang ke Morafe wa Batebele. motse yo fa o leng teng gone go tlhophilwe ka gone go le motlhofo go itshireletsa kgatlhanong le morafe wa Matebele Go bo e ne e le motse wa bokopanelo jwa papadisanyo go tsweng borwa gape le botlhaba o ne o tsewa o le botlhokwa ke bautolodi (ba akaretsa David Livingstone) gape le barekisi mo borwa-bgare jwa Aferika. Lefelo la barongwa la London Missionary Society (le eteletse pele ka lobaka le leleele ka lefelo la Hermannsburg Lutheran Missionary Society) le le simolodisitsweng ka ngwaga wa 1862. Ka ngwaga wa 1875, Kgosi Sekgoma o ne a gokgodisetswa ke morwae wa tumelo ya sekeresete (moragonyan ya nna Khama wa boraro. Ka ngwaga wa 1885 (ka nako ya kitsiso ya British protectorate of Bechuanaland) Shoshong o ne a nale banni ba le 20,000 go ya kwa go 30,000, go akaretswa ba kwa ga mmamosadinyana ba le masome a mabedi.