What is "gagoangwe"

Gagoangwe (circa 1845–1924) was the mohumagadi (meaning queen or queen-mother) of the Mmanaana Kgatla and later the BaNgwaketse, subgroups of the BaTswana in what is now Botswana. When she was young, she put out the eye of a servant, and her father allowed the servant to put out one of her eyes in return. Therefore, she was known as the "one-eyed Queen". She married Kgosi Pulane, but in 1875 she eloped with Bathoen I, who was heir to the leadership of the BaNgwaketse. In 1890 she married Bathoen I in a Christian marriage ceremony. She was a Christian and impacted Bathoen I's support of the London Missionary Society. In 1910 Bathoen I died and Gagoangwe's older son became the king, but he was killed by his own brother in 1916. Following this, Gagoangwe had her murderous son killed, and obtained control of the regency herself in 1923. She worked on the development projects of the son who had been murdered, and secured the regency for her daughter Ntebogang Ratshosa before her own death.