Culture & People of Chobe

Chobe's first inhabitants were the Bakakwe Bushmen, a Khoisan people. After them came the migrating central African tribes, including the Batswana, who settled in northern Chobe hundreds of years ago.

The central areas of Chobe were the preserve of Bushmen (San), evidence of whom can be seen in Savuti's rock paintings.

The people who live in the area today represent a number of different ethnicities. The majority speak Tswana, although English, the former colonial tongue, is used extensively in commerce, tourism and administration.

Minorities speak Khoisan dialects and other African languages such as Herero. Afrikaans can be heard in the adjoining farming regions.

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