Deconstructing Dithubaruba
Friday, September 02, 2016
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Bakwena men at Dithubaruba Cultural Festival PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
After 164 years of Kgosi Sechele’s strategic retreat from Dimawe to Dithejwane Hills, on this 50th year of Botswana’s independence and 10 years of Dithubaruba Cultural Festival, five Bakwena tribesmen namely Kgosi Keineetse Sebele, Barolong Seboni, Seratwa Ntloedibe, Titus Mbuya and Geoffrey Barei took to the podium to pay homage to Kgosi Sechele’s often overlooked significance on the formation of Botswana by examining Dithubaruba.
Dithubaruba, an area situated at Dithejwane Hills west of Molepolole, was the capital of Bakwena from around 1853 to 1863 before they relocated to Ntsweng in Molepolole. The place, which sometimes is referred to as Seokomedi, according to Ntloedibe, has been described as the birthplace of modern day Botswana.
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