Music of Botswana

Music of Botswana covers a broad spectrum of traditions, from the oldest surviving instruments in the archaeological record to contemporary artists whose work has reached international stages. Botswana is an African country made up of different ethnic groups, with the Batswana forming the majority of the population. Music is a large part of Botswana culture and includes popular and folk forms. Church choirs are common nationwide. The country's musical landscape reflects its history as a crossroads of southern African peoples, a British protectorate, a post-independence nation that built one of Africa's fastest-growing economies on diamond revenues, and a place where regional genres from South Africa and Central Africa have taken root alongside home-grown forms.