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
[edit]| Clan | Language | Country | Totem | Totem in English | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakgalagadi-Batlhaping | Setswana | Botswana | Thlapi | Fish | Batlhaping Kurumane South Africa |
| Babirwa | Setswana | Botswana | Nare | Buffalo | |
| Batabe | Setswana | Botswana | Tshipi | Iron | |
| Bafokeng | Sesotho, Setswana | Lesotho, South Africa | Mutla, Koena, Phoka | Hare, Crocodile, Dew | North West, Free State |
| Bafula | Sesotho | Lesotho, South Africa | Kolobe | Wild Hog | Free State |
| Bagananwa/Bahananwa | Sesotho sa Leboa | South Africa | Tshwene | Baboon | Bahurutshe, Limpopo |
| Bahlakoana | Sesotho | Lesotho, South Africa | Free State, Koena, families descending from Disema and Molapo, second and third born sons of Napo a Koena. | Crocodile | Bakoena |
| Bahurutshe | Setswana | Botswana, South Africa | Tshwene | Baboon | North West |
| Bakgaga/ Bakone | Sesotho sa Lebowa | South Africa | Kwena, Phuti, Kgaga | Crocodile, Duiker | Limpopo |
| Bakgalagadi | Setswana | Botswana | |||
| Bakgalagadi – Baboalongwe | Setswana | Botswana | Nare | Buffalo | |
| Bakgalagadi – Bangologa | Setswana | Botswana, Namibia | |||
| Bakgalagadi – Baphaleng | Setswana | Botswana | |||
| Bakgalagadi – Bashaga | Setswana | Botswana | Bakgalagadi – Batlhaping
Setswana Botswana South Africa Taung Tlhapi |
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| Bakhatla/ Bakgatla | Sesotho, Setswana | Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa | Kgabo, Eagle | Monkey | Bahurutshe |
| Bakhurutshe | Setswana | Botswana | Tshwene/Phofu | Baboon/Elands | Bahurutshe |
| Bakone | Sesotho sa Leboa | South Africa Limpopo | Hlagahlagane (Tlhantlhagane), Phuti | Guineafowl, Scaly feathered finch | |
| Bakubung | Setswana | Kubu | Hippopotamus | Barolong | |
| Bakoena | Sesotho, Setswana | Koena | Crocodile | ||
| Bamalete | Setswana | Botswana | Nare | Buffalo | |
| Banareng | Sesotho, Setswana | Botswana | Nare | Buffalo | Bahurutse, |
| Bangwaketse | Setswana | Botswana | Kwena | Crocodile | Bakwena |
| Bangwato | Setswana | Botswana | Phuti | Duiker | Bakwena |
| Bapai | Sesotho ba Leboa/ Pulana | South Africa Limpopo/ Mpumalanga | Tswhene | Baboon | Pulana, Swazi |
| Bapedi | Sesotho sa Leboa | Noko | Porcupine | Bakgatla | |
| Baphalane | Sesotho | Kwena | Crocodile | Bakwena | |
| Baphiri | Setswana | Phiri | Hyenna | ||
| Baphuthing | Sesotho | Phuthi | Duiker | ||
| Bapo | Setswana | Kwena | Crocodile | Bakwena | |
| Barokologadi | Setswana | Noko | Porcupine | ||
| Batlharo | Setswana | Tshwene | Baboon | ||
| Batswapong | Setswana | Botswana | Hare or Kgope | Bapedi | |
| Makgolokwe/Makholokoe | Sesotho/Sekholokoe | Phuthi | Small buck | ||
| Makhoakhoa | Sesotho | South Africa, Lesotho | Koena, descendants of Napo via third born Molapo. Grandchildren of Molapo named Kherehloa and Mahlatsi began this tribe. | Crocodile, Lephutse | Telle 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/Makololo | Sesotho/- | Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe,Zambia | Kwena | Crocodile | Bafokeng |
| Mapulana | Sesotho ba Leboa/ Pulana | South Africa Limpopo/ Mpumalanga | Tau | Lion | Bammangwato, Barolong |
| Barolong | Setswana | North West | Tholo | Kudu | Mahikeng |
| Basia | Sesotho | Katse | Wild Cat | Bakgatla | |
| Batau | Sesotho ba Leboa | South Africa Limpopo | Tau | Lion | |
| Bataung | Sesotho, Setswana, Sesotho sa Lebowa | South Africa | Tau | Lion | Bahurutshe |
| Batawana | Batswana | Botswana | Phuti | Duiker | Bangwato |
| Batlhako | Setswana | South Africa | Tlou | Elephant | Rustenburg, Mabeskraal |
| Batlhaping | Setswana | South Africa, Namibia | Tholo ba nina Tlhapi | Kudu/Fish | Barolong |
| Batlhware | Setswana | Tshwene | Baboon | ||
| Batlokoa | Sesotho, Setswana, Sesotho sa Leboa | Noko, Nkoe, Thakadu | Wild Cat | Bakgatla | |
| Batloung | Setswana, Sesotho | Tlou | Elephant | ||
| Batsatsing | Letsatsi | Sun | |||
| Batšoeneng | Sesotho, Setswana, Sesotho sa Leboa | Tšoene | Baboon | Bahurutshe | |
| Bakopa | Sesotho ba Leboa | South Africa Limpopo | Kwena | Crocodile | BaKwena |
| Bakutswe | Sesotho ba Leboa/Pulana | South Africa Limpopo/Mpumalanga | Kwena | Crocodile | Barolong |
| Bahwaduba | Setswana | South Africa,Kgwadibeng-Mathibestad | Nare (Kgomo ya naga) Buffalo | Bakgatla/Matebele | |
| Baroka ba Lebole/Bakone | Sesotho sa Leboa | South Africa,Limpopo | Phuthi | Duiker | |
| Baroka | Sesotho sa Lebowa | South Africa, Limpopo | Tlou | Elephant | |
| Bakwena Ba Ma-Thebe (also known as Bantwane or Bantoane) | Setswana | South Africa | Kwena, Tholo, Kgabo | Crocodile | Bammangwato, Barolong, Bakgatla, Musane-Dikwena, Mmusane Kotu |
| Banogeng | Setswana | South Africa | Noga | Snake | North West, Mahikeng, Matile |