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Definition of Kgotla
1. Noun. Any of several types of public meetings in a Botswana village, especially involving a gathering of tribal elders; also the place where such a meeting is held. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kgotla
1. an assembly of tribal elders in Botswana [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kgotla
Literary usage of Kgotla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Resource Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa by Matthias Basedau, Andreas Mehler (2005)
"In fact, the central part of any village in Botswana is the 'kgotla', ...
This "relatively democratic kgotla system of traditional government" ..."
2. Transnational Social Policies: The New Development Challenges of Globalization by Daniel A. Morales-Gómez (1999)
"The VDC was also elected at the kgotla and divided into committees dealing with
substantive areas, such as education, health, and agriculture, ..."
3. The South African Natives: Their Progress and Present Condition by South African Native Races Committee (1908)
"... and explained to them and their people assembled in ' kgotla' the intentions
of the Government in the matter. The news, although naturally not of a ..."
4. The History of the London Missionary Society, 1795-1895 by Richard Lovett (1899)
"... friends separating themselves in obedience to the command of the chief—and
separate services were begun in the chiefs kgotla, ..."
5. More Than a Name: State-Sponsored Homophobia and Its Consequences in by Scott Long, A. Widney Brown, Gail Cooper (2003)
"... he would be publicly flogged at the kgotla [courtyard] in full view of
tribespeople, just as witches of yore were punished.678 The response suggests the ..."
6. Trekking the Great Thirst: Travel and Sport in the Kalahari Desert by Arnold Wienholt Hodson, Amy E. Nellen (1912)
"The day after our arrival the Resident Commissioner attended the kgotla—the native
Assembly or Parliament—in full state, to inquire into the facts ..."
7. A Wanderer's Trail: Being a Faithful Record of Travel in Many Lands by Arthur Loton Ridger (1914)
"Early morning would see Khama sitting in his kgotla surrounded by his headmen,
dispensing justice. When the sun's rays appeared over the walls the court was ..."
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