Folk Music Botswana

Folk Music Botswana includes various forms like the Huru, Phathisi, Tsutsube, Mokomoto, Borankana, Ndazola, Selete, Chesa and Setapa. Folk music Botswana mostly includes the Tswana music, which is operated by an ethnic group of Africa, who mostly inhabit the regions of South of Africa. A minority of this Tswana Group reside in some parts of Botswana land. The Tswana music group specializes in the use of various string instruments. The most striking aspect of the Tswana folk music Botswana is the complete exclusion of the use of drums.

The main instruments that are used in Botswana Folk Music are the Segankure or the Segaba and the Setinkane. The use of guitar has also come to the forefront in the Folk Music Botswana since the last decade. Initially the guitar came as a replacement for the violin like Segaba since the former offered a better rhythm due to plucking of the strings. Later however an improvised version of the Segaba called Ratsie Setlhako, got popularized alongside the versatile string instrument, guitar.

The Folk Music of Botswana is also characterized by the use of clapping whenever there is absence of instruments. Clapping is used in the typical way of chanting and answering. During the rule of the colonizers, Folk music in Botswana was discouraged. Post independence, there is a constant effort to rejuvenate and revive the lost glory of the Folk Music Botswana.