Majojo is a small hill found in the central district of Botswana. It is categorized under the
monuments
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and sites in
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
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According to history, these hill was the residence of the chief. They were called
Muzinda, which means the residence of the chief or
kgosi
A (; ) is the title for a hereditary leader of a Batswana tribe.
Usage
The word "kgosi" is a Setswana term for "king" or "chief". Various affixes can be added to the word to change its meaning: adding the prefix ''di-'' creates the plural form ...
around 1300-1650 AD. Majojo stone walls is an extension of the tradition of
great Zimbabwe. Majojo
ruins
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is respected by the locals living there and it believed to be the home of their
ancestors
An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder or a forebear, is a parent or ( recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). ''Ancestor'' is "any person from w ...
.
References
Archaeological sites in Botswana
Monuments and memorials in Botswana
History of Botswana
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