Bakwena ke leloko la Sotho-Tswana naheng ya Botswana le dikarolong tse ding tsa Afrika e ka borwa. Lebitso Bakwena le bolela “ba hlomphang kwena”, e leng phoofolo ya bona ya totem.
Lintlha tse ling mabapi le Bakwena ke tsena:
Sebaka
Bakwena ba agile mo kgaolong ya Molepolole le e e mo tikologong e e leng yone motse o mogolo wa bone. Gape ba nna kwa Lentsweletau, Mahetlwe, Gakgatla, Gamodubu, Gabane, Hatsalatladi, Ramaphatle, Kopong, Kumakwane, Lephephe, Boatlaname, le Metsimotlhabe.
TΕ‘imoloho
Bakwena ba re ba tlholegile kwa Kwena, ba ba neng ba tshela dingwaga di ka nna 1450. Ba latedisa ditshika tsa bone ka barwa ba Kwena, Kgabo, Ngwato, le Ngwaketsi.
Boemo
Bakwena ba tsewa e le ba maemo a a kwa godimo mo merafeng e mengwe e megolo mo Botswana.
Puo
Bakwena ba bua puo ya Setswana e e bidiwang β€œSekwena”.