Tswana people
Bophuthatswana (, meaning "gathering of the Tswana people"), officially the Republic of Bophuthatswana (; ), was a Bantustan (also known as "Homeland"; an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity) that was declared (nominally) independent by the apartheid regime of South Africa in 1977. However, its independence, like the other Bantustans (Ciskei, Transkei and Venda) was not recognized by any country other than South Africa.