one major difference between the tswana and other fbd pops is that most of the tswanans are from one (super-)tribe (per shapera). (1/n)
@pseudoerasmus most of the groups still all recognize their relatedness today, unlike, say, the sauds vs. hejazi tribes.
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@hbdchick tribes in most (all?) tribal societies recognise their common descent -
@pseudoerasmus not in the same way, no. and the more recent the split, of course, the closer one group might feel to another.
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@hbdchick anyway this continued comparison with Saudi Arabia is pointless, the natural comparison of Botswana is always its neighbours -
@pseudoerasmus no, not pointless at all. the tswana are the one other group outside the arabized world who did fbd marriage. important...
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@hbdchick the Sauds are not a tribe, actually -
@pseudoerasmus yeah, yeah. i'm just saying. like some najdi tribe vs. some hejazi tribe. their tribes go waay back and they hate each other.
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