- Ritual
- Bojale
- Region and community
- ボツワナ・Ramotswa／Balete女性共同体
- Age at the cultural rite
- Variable or not confirmed in the source
- Transition conditions
- Community initiation / Trial or training / New social responsibilities
- Legal age of majority
- Botswana18 yearsBotswana · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
In Botswana, Bojale is an initiation in which older women teach girls and young women about culture, conduct and community responsibilities. At the end, initiates return before the community and are welcomed into a new stage of womanhood. The form and participants vary by community.
Among the Balete, Bogwera and Bojale were suspended after 1981 and revived in 2012. Botswana’s government DailyNews photographed Kgosi Mosadi Seboko welcoming initiates at a Bojale graduation in Ramotswa on 31 August 2026.
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