Batswanan.adj.

1894 Dict. National Biogr. at Moffat, Robert They made an expedition to the westward,..among the villages of the Botswanas.

1938 I. Schapera Handbk. Tswana Law & Custom p. xiii In the writing of tribal names I have followed the modern practice of..using the stem only, e.g. Tswana for BaTswana.

1966 Economist 16 Apr. 211/1 Bechuanaland is about to become independent. The Batswana want independence now because they think the World Bank is more likely to give an ‘independent’ state the money required for a sensible water policy.

1988 E. W. Brown Interval in Afr. i. 38 Batswana are so softspoken, one must listen carefully to catch all that's said.

1991 Weekend Argus (Cape Town) 26 Jan. 8 The aim of virtually every Motswana is to own cattle... A number of Batswana are becoming increasingly concerned over the depredations of the cattle industry on the environment and on Botswana's unique heritage of wildlife.

2001 Trav. Afr. Winter 83/3 The Batswana are pastoralists and their culture is fashioned around the possession of large herds.

1953 A. Sandilands Introd. to Tswana p. xi I..express my gratitude..to the multitude of Batswana men, women and children who have..taught me what I know of their language.

1981 Voice (S. Afr.) 11 Oct. 13 Margaret was teased and tormented by the Batswana children, because she was a ‘Mosarwa’. Many Batswana people despised the Bushmen.

1992 P. Cullinan R. J. Gordon 114 (caption) An artist's impression of a Batswana kraal, taken from Gordon's ‘great map’.

2000 Sports Illustr. (Electronic ed.) 18 Sept. Of Botswana's failure ever to send a woman to the Olympics, AIDS is a cause. Of the difficulty Batswana women have in telling a man no, AIDS is a symptom.