This document summarizes the history and culture of the Bafokeng people in three main groups. It discusses the early Bafokeng group called Mphofe who settled in the Thaba Tsoeu area. It also describes later Bafokeng subgroups like the Maotoana-finyela, Bakhoele, and Mahooana who split off into smaller communities. Short poems are included that celebrate aspects of Bakhoele and Maotoana-finyela culture.
2. SELELEKELA
• Liboko ke litaba tse bonts’ang
boroki le boitsebiso ba Basotho.
Ketlo bua ka seboko sa
Bafokeng.
3. BAFOKENG
• Bafokeng ba mekhahlelo e mene, re tlo
ithuta ka e `meli fela. Bafokeng ba ana ka
`mutlanyana.
4. MEFUTA EA BAFOKENG E MENE
• Bafokeng ba Mphofe.
• Bafokeng ba Maotoana-finyela, Bakhoele,
Mahooana.
5. BAFOKENG BA MPHOFE
• Ke mokhahlelo oa pele-pele oa Bafokeng oa
ho fihla Lesotho la kajeno. Ho hakangoa ha
ba fehlile ka linako tse sa fetaneng haholo le
mekhahlelo e neng e hlaha nokeng ea
Lethuela, Bokone, ea Maphetla, Mapolane le
Baphuthi. Bafokeng bana ba ahile libakeng
tse ka Boroa ho naha,Thaba Tsoeu, moo
mesalla ea bona e ntseng e le hona teng.
6. BAFOKENG BA MAOTOANA-
FINYELA,BAKHOELE LE MAHOOANA
Sehlopha se seholo ka lipalo se libokoana
lingata, ke seo kaofela e leng litloholo tsa Mare
le Mallane ba Phdle kapa Tlopo. Bona ba ile ba
khephoha libokoaneng tse maloanyana tse kang
Bakomane, Mapulungoana, Maotoana-finyela,
Bakhoele, Mahooana, joalo-joalo. Ke hona
sehlopheng sena moo ho khephohileng
Makololo ane a Borotse(Zambia).
7. BAKHOELE HA BA THELLA
Bare: Ke thelleleng ke le Mofokeng oa
Mantsukunyane oa kata Sefiri
Bakhoele ba kitima mabitleng
Ba batolotsana le ba bathomahana
Fokoletsang Bakhoele lipolokoe
Hobane ha ba ata ba tla le bolaea.
8. BAFOKENG BA MAOTOANA FINYELA HA
BA THELLA
Bare: Ke thelleleng ke le Mofokeng oa
Maotoana finyela
Oa maotoana a ka ka linaleli
A kaa ka joang ba tsane
A kaa ka joang ba molelengoane.
