List of Sotho-Tswana clans

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The Sotho-Tswana peoples are a meta-ethnicity of southern Africa and live predominantly in Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho.

List of clans and kingdoms

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ClanLanguageCountryTotemTotem in EnglishRegion
Bakgalagadi-BatlhapingSetswanaBotswanaThlapiFishBatlhaping Kurumane South Africa
BabirwaSetswanaBotswanaNareBuffalo
BatabeSetswanaBotswanaTshipiIron
BafokengSesotho, SetswanaLesotho, South AfricaMutla, Koena, PhokaHare, Crocodile, DewNorth West, Free State
BafulaSesothoLesotho, South AfricaKolobeWild HogFree State
Bagananwa/BahananwaSesotho sa LeboaSouth AfricaTshweneBaboonBahurutshe, Limpopo
BahlakoanaSesothoLesotho, South AfricaFree State, Koena, families descending from Disema and Molapo, second and third born sons of Napo a Koena.CrocodileBakoena
BahurutsheSetswanaBotswana, South AfricaTshweneBaboonNorth West
Bakgaga/ BakoneSesotho sa LebowaSouth AfricaKwena, Phuti, KgagaCrocodile, DuikerLimpopo
BakgalagadiSetswanaBotswana
Bakgalagadi – BaboalongweSetswanaBotswanaNareBuffalo
Bakgalagadi – BangologaSetswanaBotswana, Namibia
Bakgalagadi – BaphalengSetswanaBotswana
Bakgalagadi – BashagaSetswanaBotswanaBakgalagadi – Batlhaping

SetswanaBotswana South Africa Taung Tlhapi

Bakhatla/ BakgatlaSesotho, SetswanaLesotho, Botswana, South AfricaKgabo, EagleMonkeyBahurutshe
BakhurutsheSetswanaBotswanaTshwene/PhofuBaboon/ElandsBahurutshe
BakoneSesotho sa LeboaSouth Africa LimpopoHlagahlagane (Tlhantlhagane), PhutiGuineafowl, Scaly feathered finch
BakubungSesotho, LesothoKubuHippopotamusBarolong
BakoenaSesotho, SetswanaKoenaCrocodile
BamaleteSetswanaBotswanaNareBuffalo
BanarengSesotho, SetswanaBotswanaNareBuffaloBahurutse,
BangwaketseSetswanaBotswanaKwenaCrocodileBakwena
BangwatoSetswanaBotswanaPhutiDuikerBakwena
BapaiSesotho ba Leboa/ PulanaSouth Africa Limpopo/ MpumalangaTswheneBaboonPulana, Swazi
BapediSesotho sa LeboaNokoPorcupineBakgatla
BaphalaneSesothoKwenaCrocodileBakwena
BaphiriSetswanaPhiriHyenna
BaphuthingSesothoPhuthiDuiker
BapoSetswanaKwenaCrocodileBakwena
BarokologadiSetswanaNokoPorcupine
BatlharoSetswanaTshweneBaboon
BatswapongSetswanaBotswanaHare or KgopeBapedi
Makgolokwe/MakholokoeSesotho/SekholokoePhuthiSmall buck
MakhoakhoaSesothoSouth Africa, LesothoKoena, descendants of Napo via third born Molapo. Grandchildren of Molapo named Kherehloa and Mahlatsi began this tribe.Crocodile, LephutseTelle River and Matatiele, Butha-buthe, Makhoakhoeng and sporadic parts of Lesotho; R.S.A: Vaal, Tshwane, Qwaqwa and the greater Free State and parts of North West Province.
Mandoro/MakololoSesotho/-Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe,ZambiaKwenaCrocodileBafokeng
MapulanaSesotho ba Leboa/ PulanaSouth Africa Limpopo/ MpumalangaTauLionBammangwato, Barolong
BarolongSetswanaNorth WestTholoKuduMahikeng
BasiaSesothoKatseWild CatBakgatla
BatauSesotho ba LeboaSouth Africa LimpopoTauLion
BataungSesotho, Setswana, Sesotho sa LebowaSouth AfricaTauLionBahurutshe
BatawanaBatswanaBotswanaPhutiDuikerBangwato
BatlhakoSetswanaSouth AfricaTlouElephantRustenburg, Mabeskraal
BatlhapingSetswanaSouth Africa, NamibiaTholo ba nina TlhapiKudu/FishBarolong
BatlhwareSetswanaTshweneBaboon
BatlokoaSesotho, Setswana, Sesotho sa LeboaNoko, Nkoe, ThakaduWild CatBakgatla
BatloungSetswana, SesothoTlouElephant
BatsatsingLetsatsiSun
BatšoenengSesotho, Setswana, Sesotho sa LeboaTšoeneBaboonBahurutshe
BakopaSesotho ba LeboaSouth Africa LimpopoKwenaCrocodileBaKwena
BakutsweSesotho ba Leboa/PulanaSouth Africa Limpopo/MpumalangaKwenaCrocodileBarolong
BahwadubaSetswanaSouth Africa,Kgwadibeng-MathibestadNare (Kgomo ya naga) BuffaloBakgatla/Matebele
Baroka ba Lebole/BakoneSesotho sa LeboaSouth Africa,LimpopoPhuthiDuiker
BarokaSesotho sa LebowaSouth Africa, LimpopoTlouElephant
Bakwena Ba Ma-Thebe (also known as Bantwane or Bantoane)SetswanaSouth AfricaKwena, Tholo, KgaboCrocodileBammangwato, Barolong, Bakgatla, Musane-Dikwena, Mmusane Kotu
BanogengSetswanaSouth AfricaNogaSnakeNorth West, Mahikeng, Matile

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