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Shoshong

Shoshong is a village in central Botswana, in the Shoshong Hills west of Mahalapye. In the mid-19th century it was the capital of the Bangwato under Sekgoma I and Khama III, a large town and a main stop for missionaries, hunters and traders on the road from the south to the Zambezi. Khama III moved his capital from there to Palapye in 1889.

Shoshong
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Bangwato Kingdom

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Shoshong. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/shoshong
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