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| Title: | Spatial Expressions in the Kgosing of Molokwane |
| Author: | Pistorius, Julius C.C. |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Periodical: | South African Journal of Ethnology |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Period: | December |
| Pages: | 143-164 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | South Africa |
| Subjects: | Tswana archaeology villages Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Architecture and the Arts |
| Abstract: | Molokwane, the previous capital of the Modimosana Kwena chiefdoms, is one of several Tswana domains in the North-West Province of South Africa. The Modimosana Kwena occupied Molokwane from c. 1700. The social composition and ideological significance of the central part or 'kgosing'(place of the chief) in this site, which served as the ideological hub of the chiefdom, are explained by means of a synthesis of archaeological, ethnographic and historical evidence. The spatial and ideological differences between this settlement and other early Tswana villages, together with other archaeological variables, historical evidence, and various ecological adaptations may illuminate identity markers that can be used to distinguish between different Tswana influence spheres. Bibliogr., sum. in Afrikaans and English. |