Morafe wa Bakwena

**Bakwena** kgotsa Bakoena ("ba ba binang kwena") ke morafe  o mogolo wa Sotho-Tswana mo Borwa jwa Aforika kafa tlase ga morafe wa   Bantu ba Borwa. Baka  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 seano (seboko) sa bona.

## Losika/Tshika le Ditso
Lebutswapele la  ntlha la letso la BaKwena,  ebong Kwena, e ne e le setlogolo sa ga Masilo I, yo eneng ele Kgosi ya letso la Bahurutse  ka dingwaga tsa sekete , makgolo a mararo le masome a marataro (1360 CE) . Kwena le balatedi ba gagwe ba ne ba nna kana ba aga  kwa Tebang, e jaanong e bidiwang Heidelberg. Go tloga ka dingwaga tsa sekete le makgolo a matlhano (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 ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a matlhano le masome a robabobedi (1580) CE.

## Baeteledipele ba pele
Kwena (matlha ga a itsiwe)

Phokotsea (matlha ga a itsiwe)

Kgabo I (bofelo jwa lekgolo la bo17 la dingwaga)

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

## Go Busa Ga Basotho
* moeteledipele wa ntlha e ne e le Kgosi Napo.

* Napo one a  tlhatlhangwa ke morwae wa lebele ebong Motebang .

* Motebang one a tlhatlhangwa ke morwae wa tsalo ebong Molemo .

* Molemo one 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 go Busa 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.

* Kgabo II (go fitlha ka 1740)

* Motshodi (mo e ka nnang ka 1740 – ka 1770)

* 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)

* Setshele I (mo e ka nnang ka 1829-1892)

* Sebele I (1892-1911)

* Sebele II (1911-1918).

* Sebele II (1918-1931)

* Kgari Sechele II (1931-1962)

* Neale Sechele (1963-1970)

* Bonewamang Padi Sechele (1970–1978; o tlhomilwe go nna Molaodi wa Morafe)

* Mack Sechele (1978-1986; moeteledipele)

* Moithali Sechele II (1986-1996; moeteledipele)

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