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Bokoni

Bokoni (meaning 'land of the people from the north') was a pre-colonial, agro-pastoral society found in northwestern and southern parts of present-day Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Iconic to this area are stone-walled sites, found in a variety of shapes and forms. Bokoni sites also exhibit specialized farming and long-distance trading with other…

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Location
Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Abandoned
19th century
Built
16th or 17th century
Built by
Koni people
Length
150 km (93 mi)
Periods
Late Iron Age

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Etymology

Description

Stone-walled features

Society and culture

Oral histories of the Koni

Archaeology of Bokoni sites

Present-day Bokoni

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Bokoni

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples337
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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Bokoni

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related to history · 46
Bokoni → Aerial, Around, Baroka, Bokoni's, Carolina, Dating, Following, General, Hoepen, Hoepen's, Iron Age Program, Ironically, It, Kgomane, Khutwaneg, Koni, Koni-associated, Laidler, Laidler's, Lydenburg
related to Incorporation and conflict with the Pedi · 26
Bokoni → Dikotope, Dikotope's, During, Following, Kingdom, Koni, Kutoane, Maepa, Mo'labini, Mongatane, Moroamotshe, Morwamotše, Orighstad, Pedi, Pedi Kingdom, Preparing, Resulting, Shortly, South African, Taking
related to Occupational phases · 22
Bokoni → After, All, At, Centered, Early-18th, Four, It, Komati River Valley, Koni, Late-19th Century, Mapono, Maroteng, Mid-18th, Mid-18th Centuries, Mid-19th Centuries, Mohlo-Pela, Moxomatsi, Pedi, Pre-18th Century, Resulting
related to Trade and metalworking · 21
Bokoni → At, Badfontein, Carolina, Colonial, Common, Delagoa, Delagoa Bay, In, Initial, It, Koni, Later Iron Age, Lydenburg, Mpumalanga, Much, Pedi, Phalaborwa, Resulting, The Koni, Up
related to Regrouping efforts and Marangrang · 20
Bokoni → After, Bapeli, It, Khutwaneg, Kingdom, Koni, Lydenburg, Machadodorp-area, Makchema, Marangrang, Morangrang, Moss, Ndwandwe, Patane, Resulting, The, The Marangrang Khutwaneg, This, While, Zulu
related to Oral histories of the Koni · 19
Bokoni → Bakoni, Berlin Missionaries, Collection, Due, Even, His, Hunt, Initially, Koni, Nguni, Pedi, Pedi-focussed, Prinsloo, Prinsloo's, Relative, Sekoni, Their, This, Winter
related to Defeat of Makopole · 16
Bokoni → Koni, Makchema, Makopole's, Many, Mozambique, Mpumalanga, Mzilikaza, Ndebele, Ndwandwe, Pedi, Sobhuza, Some, Steelpoort, The Bokoni, These, Up
related to Koni before colonialism · 15
Bokoni → Boer, Botschabelo, Dinkwanyane, In, Johannes Dinkwanyane, Koni, Lydenburg, Mafolofolo, Merensky, Pedi, Phassoane, South African Republic, The, This, When
related to Pottery · 14
Bokoni → Badfontein, Collet, Early, In, Many, Marateng, Maroteng, Most, Pedi, Pottery, The, These, This, Zulu
related to Sites · 13
Bokoni → Badfontein Valley, Carolina, Crocodile Tributaries, Komati Valley, Leolu Mountains, Orighstad, Population, Settlements, Spekboom River, Steelpoort Valley, The, The Bokoni, There

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koni sites groups pedi region also found time area would homesteads associated cattle stone south thought around homestead known oral

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BokoniAbandoned19th century1.00infobox
BokoniBuilt16th or 17th century1.00infobox
BokoniBuilt byKoni people1.00infobox
BokoniLength150 km (93 mi)1.00infobox
BokoniLocationMpumalanga Province, South Africa1.00infobox
BokoniPeriodsLate Iron Age1.00infobox
BokoniTypeCommunity and political entity1.00infobox
securityinstance ofgroup chiefs were generally responsible for society-wide dealings0.80text
migration when necessitatedinstance ofgroup chiefs were generally responsible for society-wide dealings0.80text
malariainstance ofand human diseases0.80text
trypanosomiasisinstance ofand human diseases0.80text
goatsinstance ofAlso found penned outside the walls here were small stock0.80text

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