Elizabeth is the fourth child of David and Mary Livingstone. She was born at the Kolobeng mission site at a time when the family was reaching out for Christ to the Bakwena people. Kolobeng is located near the present day village of Kumakwane, which is several miles from Molepolole. Elizabeth died at the age of one month and fourteen days. She is buried in an unmarked grave at the Kolobeng mission site.
(Kolobeng: Koe-loe-BENG)
(Bakwena: Bah-KWEN-uh)
(Molepolole: MOE-lee-poe-LOE-lee)
(Kumakwane: Koo-mah-KWAH-nee)
Some Setswana notes:
A "kwena" is a crocodile. The prefix "Ba-" means "people" (plural). The Bakwena tribe are the "crocodile people." If you were to go to the kgotla (tribal court) in Molepolole, you would see crocodiles painted on the kgotla walls.
The suffix "-eng" means "land of" or "place of."
"Kweneng" district (Kwena + eng) means the land of the Bakwena people, or place of the crocodiles.
Kolobeng (Koloba + eng) means "place of the wild pigs."
Elisabete le rona, re le dumedisa mo leinang la Kgosi Jesu.
(Kolobeng: Koe-loe-BENG)
(Bakwena: Bah-KWEN-uh)
(Molepolole: MOE-lee-poe-LOE-lee)
(Kumakwane: Koo-mah-KWAH-nee)
Some Setswana notes:
A "kwena" is a crocodile. The prefix "Ba-" means "people" (plural). The Bakwena tribe are the "crocodile people." If you were to go to the kgotla (tribal court) in Molepolole, you would see crocodiles painted on the kgotla walls.
The suffix "-eng" means "land of" or "place of."
"Kweneng" district (Kwena + eng) means the land of the Bakwena people, or place of the crocodiles.
Kolobeng (Koloba + eng) means "place of the wild pigs."
Elisabete le rona, re le dumedisa mo leinang la Kgosi Jesu.
Elizabeth is the fourth child of David and Mary Livingstone. She was born at the Kolobeng mission site at a time when the family was reaching out for Christ to the Bakwena people. Kolobeng is located near the present day village of Kumakwane, which is several miles from Molepolole. Elizabeth died at the age of one month and fourteen days. She is buried in an unmarked grave at the Kolobeng mission site.
(Kolobeng: Koe-loe-BENG)
(Bakwena: Bah-KWEN-uh)
(Molepolole: MOE-lee-poe-LOE-lee)
(Kumakwane: Koo-mah-KWAH-nee)
Some Setswana notes:
A "kwena" is a crocodile. The prefix "Ba-" means "people" (plural). The Bakwena tribe are the "crocodile people." If you were to go to the kgotla (tribal court) in Molepolole, you would see crocodiles painted on the kgotla walls.
The suffix "-eng" means "land of" or "place of."
"Kweneng" district (Kwena + eng) means the land of the Bakwena people, or place of the crocodiles.
Kolobeng (Koloba + eng) means "place of the wild pigs."
Elisabete le rona, re le dumedisa mo leinang la Kgosi Jesu.
(Kolobeng: Koe-loe-BENG)
(Bakwena: Bah-KWEN-uh)
(Molepolole: MOE-lee-poe-LOE-lee)
(Kumakwane: Koo-mah-KWAH-nee)
Some Setswana notes:
A "kwena" is a crocodile. The prefix "Ba-" means "people" (plural). The Bakwena tribe are the "crocodile people." If you were to go to the kgotla (tribal court) in Molepolole, you would see crocodiles painted on the kgotla walls.
The suffix "-eng" means "land of" or "place of."
"Kweneng" district (Kwena + eng) means the land of the Bakwena people, or place of the crocodiles.
Kolobeng (Koloba + eng) means "place of the wild pigs."
Elisabete le rona, re le dumedisa mo leinang la Kgosi Jesu.
