Morafe wa Kwena

Bakwena kgotsa Bakoena ("ba ba tlotlang kwena") ke lotso lo logolo lwa Sotho-Tswana mo Borwa jwa Aforika lwa setlhopha sa Bantu sa borwa. Di ka fitlhelwa mo dikarolong tse di farologaneng tsa borwa jwa Aforika jaaka Lesotho, Botswana, Aforika Borwa le Eswatini. "Kwena" ke lefoko la Sesotho/Tswana/Sepedi le le rayang "kwena", kwena gape ke totem (seboko) ya bona.Rosenberg, Scott; Weisfelder, Richard F. (13 June 2013). Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. p. 45. ISBN 9780810879829.

 Losika le hisetori 
Mogologolwane wa ntlha wa lotso lwa Kwena, Kwena, e ne e le setlogolo sa ga Masilo I, Kgosi ya lotso lwa Bahurutse mo e ka nnang ka 1360 CE. Kwena le balatedi ba gagwe ba ne ba nna kwa Tebang, e jaanong e bidiwang Heidelberg.Eldredge, Elizabeth A. (2015). Kingdoms and Chiefdoms of Southeastern Africa: Oral Traditions and History ... p. 245. ISBN 9781580465144. Mo e ka nnang ka 1500 CE, Bakwena ba ne ba simolola go anama mo kgaolong, go tswa kwa Nokeng ya Lekwa go ya kwa Kalahari (Botswana) go fitlha ba nna kwa Ntsoanatsatsi (lefatshe la tshimologo ya dikinane la batho ba Sotho-Tswana) le Bafokeng ka 1580 CE.

 Baeteledipele ba pele 
Kwena (matlha ga a itsiwe)Stevens 1975, p. 88.

Phokotsea (matlha ga a itsiwe)

Kgabo I (bofelo jwa lekgolo la bo17 la dingwaga)Morton & Ramsay 2018, Kgabo I (pre-1700)

Tebele (bofelo jwa lekgolo la bo17 kgotsa tshimologo ya lekgolo la bo18 la dingwaga)

 Mola wa Basotho 

 moeteledipele wa ntlha e ne e le Kgosi Napo.

 Napo o ne a tsala mme a tlhatlhangwa ke morwawe Motebang .

 Motebang o ne a tsala mme a tlhatlhangwa ke morwawe Molemo .

 Molemo o ne a tsala mme a tlhatlhangwa ke morwawe Tsoloane le Tsolo .

 Tsholoane o ne a tsala mme a tlhatlhangwa ke morwawe Monaheng .

 Monaheng o ne a tsala mme a tlhatlhangwa ke morwawe e bong Motloang .

 Motloang o ne a tsala mme a tlhatlhangwa ke morwawe Peete .

 Doc Mokoteli o ne a tsala mme a tlhatlhangwa ke morwawe Mokhachane .

 Mokhachane o ne a tsala mme a tlhatlhangwa ke morwawe Moshoeshoe .

 mme e tswela pele ho fihlela leloko la borena la Lesotho.

 Mola wa Batswana 
Kgabo II o ne a etelela pele setlhopha se sennye sa Bakwena mme a kgabaganya noka ya Madikwe mme a tlhoma morafe mo mafatsheng a morafe wa Bakgatla (o totem ya one e neng e le tshwene e e pududu) e ba neng ba e leleka, Botswana wa segompieno. Ka ntlha ya go kgaogana, merafe e le mmalwa jaaka Ngwato le Ngwaketse.Schapera 1980

 Kgabo II (go fitlha ka 1740)Schapera 1980, p. 84.

 Motshodi (mo e ka nnang ka 1740 – ka 1770)Schapera 1980, pp. 83–84

 Motswasele I (mo e ka nnang ka 1770 – ka 1785)

 Seitlhamo (bofelo jwa ngwagakgolo wa bo18)

 Legwale (bofelo jwa ngwagakgolo wa bo18)

 Maleke (tshimologo ya lekgolo la bo19 la dingwaga; mmusi)

 Tshosa (tshimologo ya lekgolo la bo19 la dingwaga; mmusi)

 Motswasele II (mo e ka nnang ka 1807–1821)Morton & Ramsay 2018, Motswasele II (1785?–1821)

 Setshele I (mo e ka nnang ka 1829-1892)Morton & Ramsay 2018, Sechele I (ca. 1810–1892).

 Sebele I (1892-1911)Morton & Ramsay 2018, Sebele I (ca. 1838–1911).

 Sebele II (1911-1918).Morton & Ramsay 2018, Sechele II Kealeboga Sebele (1892–1939).

 Sebele II (1918-1931)

 Kgari Sechele II (1931-1962)Morton & Ramsay 2018, Kgari Sechele II (1904–1962)

 Neale Sechele (1963-1970)Morton & Ramsay 2018, Neale Sechele (1917–1985).

 Bonewamang Padi Sechele (1970–1978; o tlhomilwe go nna Molaodi wa Morafe)Morton & Ramsay 2018, Bonewamang Padi Sechele (1926–1978).Ramsay 1996, p. 80.

 Mack Sechele (1978-1986; moeteledipele)

 Moithali Sechele II (1986-1996; moeteledipele)Ramsay 1996, pp. 65, 80.

 Kgosikwena Sebele (1996–2002; moeteledipele)

 Kgari Sechele III (2002–gompieno)

 Mekwalo 

 Metswedi 

 Ramsay, Jeff (1996). "The Fall and Decline of the Bakwena Monarchy". Botswana Notes and Records. 28: 65–86. ISSN 0525-5090
 Schapera, I (1980). "Notes on the early history of the Kwena (Bakwena-bagaSechele)". Botswana Notes and Records. 12: 83–87. ISSN 0525-5090
 Stevens, Richard P. (1975). Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Botswana. The Scarecrow Press Inc. ISBN 0-8108-0857-9.

 Morton, Barry; Ramsay, Jeff (2018). Historical Dictionary of Botswana (5th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-1133-8

Karolo:Merafe e e bonwang mo Botswana