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‖ kgotla|kˈgɒtlə|
Also 9 cotla, kotla.
[Tswana.]
An assembly of tribal elders among some Bantu peoples; also, the place of such assembly (see also quot. 1857). Cf. kuta.
1840B. Shaw Memorials of S. Afr. xx. 303 Morokos Kotla had no attractions yesterday; we went and sat down in it, but we could not bear to remain. 1846H. H. Methuen Life in Wilderness viii. 253 We threaded our way between the wattle hedges..and reached the cotla, or place of assembly, set apart in all native tribes for the purpose of holding public meetings. 1857D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. & Res. S. Afr. i. 15 Near the centre of each circle of huts there is a spot called a ‘kotla’, with a fireplace; here they work, eat, or sit and gossip over the news of the day. 1896H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. 192 They reached the large kotla, or enclosure, in the centre of the town, where Tapinyani's own residence stood. 1949Cape Times 10 Nov. 2/8 Chief Bathoen, of the Bangwaketse tribe, gave evidence about the June kgotla, saying that the Assistant Government Secretary had told the tribesmen that they were gathered to discuss the right of succession of chieftainship. 1966New Statesman 15 Apr. 531/2 The kgotla..until recently the arena of decision in Bechuanaland. 1972Times 11 Sept. (Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland Suppl.) p. iii/4 Until now, the traditional place for dealing with such matters has been the kgotla. |