Motswana

Motswana
noun /mɒtˈswɑːnə/
A member of the Tswana tribe of southern Africa, especially an inhabitant of Botswana; a Botswanan.

He said very carefully, ‘Most of the time we Batswana live in the wilderness and loneliness.’


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