The Royal Bafokeng Nation - SIGNED BY THE QUEEN MOTHER

SIGNED,  DATED & INSCRIBED BY THE QUEEN MOTHER, SEMANE BONOLO MOLOTLEGI, privately published, 2005, hardcover, gilt lettering to front & spine, cloth boards, illustrated, 126 pages, oblong size, 29 cms x 25 cms, condition: as new.

The Royal Bafokeng is the ethnic homeland of the Bafokeng people, a Setswana-speaking traditional community. The monarchy covers 1,000 square kilometers in North West Province. The capital is Phokeng, (near Rustenburg). "Bafokeng" is used to refer to both the tribal grouping as well as the land its members inhabit. The kingdom's current ruler is Kgosi (King) Leruo Molotlegi, who has reigned since 2000. Dr. Semane Bonolo Molotlegi is the Queen Mother.The Bafokeng first settled in the Rustenburg Valley in c.1450, the presence of the ceramics in the area suggests the arrival of the Bafokeng in the Phokeng valley at about this time. Kgosi Tshukudu became the first king of a unified Bafokeng in 1750.