Kanye is a town located in southern Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

. It is the administrative center of the Southern District.Kanye is the oldest major center in Botswana, founded since 1853. It is the capital of the Bangwaketse tribe who their King is King Malope II son of Seepapitso IV. Kanye is the original village for Bangwaketse, which is one of the biggest tribes in Botswana. It is located in the mountainous region of Southern Botswana. It is bordered by Moshupa

Moshupa

Moshupa is a large village in the Southern District of Botswana with a population of approximately 20,000 . The people of Moshupa are called the Bakgatla-ba-ga Mmanaana, a group also found in Thamaga. Along with the related BaKgatla-ba-ga Kgafela of Mochudi, they arrived to the region from the...

, Lobatse, Jwaneng and is a 45-minute drive from Gaborone

Gaborone

' is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 191,776 based on a 2006 survey, about 10% of the total population of Botswana....

, which is the capital city of Botswana.

An 80 minute documentary on the Bangwaketse royal family was shot in Kanye in 2003-2005: "The Queen's Courtyard"

Notable Bangwaketse from Kanye

• Quett Masire
  Quett Masire
  Quett Ketumile Joni Masire, GCMG was the second President of Botswana for the Botswana Democratic Party from 1980 to 1998. He stepped down and was succeeded by the then Vice-President of Botswana, Festus Mogae, who became the third President of Botswana...
  
   - Former President of Botswana
  Heads of state of Botswana
  -Presidents of Botswana :- Affiliations :- See also :*Heads of government of Botswana*Vice-President of Botswana*Colonial heads of Botswana *Lists of office-holders...
  
  
• King Seepapitso IV- former Botswana ambassador to China and former leader of House of Chiefs
• Archibald Mogwe
  Archibald Mogwe
  Archibald Mogwe is a former politician and diplomat in Botswana. A member of parliament from Kanye, Mogwe served as the foreign minister from 1974 to 1985, and as the Minister of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs from 1985 to 1994, before serving as Ambassador to the United States...
  
   - A Botswanan foreign minister.
• Kentse Nchi Rammidi - Kanye North MP and Local Government Assistant Minister
• Morulaganyi Kgasa- Author of Thanodi ya Setswana (The Setswana Dictionary)