Gagoangwe (bɛyɛ 1845 – 1924) yɛ Acting (Regent) Paramount Chieftess, Ɔhemmaa Ɛna [1] anaa Mohumagadi a ɔwɔ Mmanaana Kgatla ne BaNgwaketse a wɔwɔ baabi a mprempren wɔfrɛ hɔ Botswana no.[2] Na Gagoangwe yɛ Kwena abusua no muni na na ɔyɛ Kristoni a ɔyɛ ɔhotefo [3] na ɔyɛ ne banana, Bathoen II hene.

Mfiase asetra

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Na Gagoangwe yɛ Sechele I,[2] kgosi anaa BaKwena hene babea. Wɔnam David Livingstone adwuma so danee Sechele I bɛyɛɛ Kristoni wɔ 1840 mfe no awiei mu hɔ ; a wɔsakraa BaKwena abusuakuw no nyinaa, a Gagoangwe ka ho.[4] Bere a na ɔyɛ abofra no, ɔpopaa akoa bi ani. Ne papa maa akoa no kwan ma odum n'ani biako de tuaa ka, sɛnea Bible mu Apam Dedaw nnyinasosɛm " aniwa si aniwa ananmu " kyerɛ no. Ɛno akyi no, na wonim no sɛ "Ɔhemmaa a n'ani yɛ biako".[4]

Aware ne mma

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Gagoangwe waree ne kunu a odi kan, kgosi Pilane. Wɔ 1875 mu no, ɔne Bathoen I a na ɔyɛ BaNgwaketse akannifo no ɔdedifo no guan .[5] Wɔ 1890 mu no, Bathoen I ne Gagoangwe san waree wɔ Kristofo aware guasodeyɛ bi mu, na ɛmaa wɔn aware no yɛɛ mmara kwan so de wɔ Kristofo asɔre no ani so.[6] Na ɔyɛ Kristoni a ɔyɛ hyew na onyaa Bathoen I mmoa a ɔde maa London Asɛmpatrɛw Fekuw no so nkɛntɛnso .[5] Wɔ 1910 mu no, Bathoen I wui na Gagoangwe babarima panyin, Seepapitso II, bɛyɛɛ ɔhene. Akyiri yi n’ankasa nuabarima, Moepapitso, kum no wɔ afe 1916.[5] Eyi akyi no, Gagoangwe maa wokum ne babarima a okum awudifo, Moepapitso, na onyaa ahemman no so tumi wɔ afe 1923.[5] Wɔbɔ amanneɛ sɛ ɔkaa sɛ "esiane sɛ na wɔatwa ne nufu [mmabarima] no mu biako nti, ma wontwa ɔfoforo no nso".[7]

Di hene

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Wɔ 1923 mu no, Gagoangwe bɛyɛɛ Ɔpanyin Panyin a Ɔyɛ Ɔheneba sɛ Bathoen II ɔhene.[2] Ɔde n’ananmu sɛ ɔheneba sɛ ɔbɛkora bogosi so ama ne banana. Odii BaNgwaketse, asasesin a na ɛyɛ Tswanafo kuw ketewaa bi a ɛwɔ baabi a mprempren wɔfrɛ hɔ Botswana no so hene wɔ bere a na ɛho hia kɛse ma saa asasesin yi mu. Na asasesin no wɔ ahofadi ho ɔko a wɔreko atia Boerfo ne Britania Ahemman a na ɛyɛ atubrafo no mfinimfini .[2]

Gagoangwe toaa Seepapitso II nkɔsoɔ nnwuma so, na ɔnyaa regency maa ne babaa Ntebogang Ratshosa ansa na n’ankasa rewuo.

Nsɛm a wɔde gyinaa so

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  1. McDonagh, Eileen L. (2009). The motherless state : women's political leadership and American democracy. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226514543. OCLC 938228232.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Morton, Fred; Ramsay, Jeff; Mgadla, Part Themba (2008-04-23). Historical dictionary of Botswana. Scarecrow Press. pp. 123–124. ISBN 9780810864047. Retrieved 2020-03-10 – via Google Books.
  3. Sheldon, Kathleen E. (2016). Historical dictionary of women in Sub-Saharan Africa. ISBN 9781442262928. OCLC 952050712.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Volz, Stephen C. (2010). Them who kill the body : Christian ideals and political realities in the interior of Southern Africa during the 1850s. OCLC 775890092.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 407–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  6. Edwin Lloyd (1895). Three Great African Chiefs (Khâmé, Sebelé and Bathoeng). T. F. Unwin. pp. 165–.
  7. Women writing Africa : the southern region. Daymond, M. J. (Margaret J.) (First ed.). New York. 2003. pp. 187. ISBN 1-55861-406-0. OCLC 50235100.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)