Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. African (general, continental cultures)
6. [African by cultural or regional designation]
7. Southern African
8. Sotho styles

Narrower term/s

• Tswana (culture or style)[+]
  • Kwena [+]
    • Hurutshe
  • Malete
  • Ntwane
  • Tlhaping
  • Tlokwa
  • Birwa (culture or style)
  • Ngwato
• Northern Sotho (culture or style)[+]
  • Lovedu
  • Pedi (culture or style)
  • Venda (Northern Sotho style)
  • Hananwa
  • Lemba
• Southern Sotho[+]
  • Tawana
  • Kgalagadi (culture or style)
  • Kgatla

Anotations

Scope note:

Style and culture of the Sotho ethnic group, located primarily in Lesotho. They were originally united by a common loyalty to the royal house of Moshoeshoe I, who founded the Sotho nation in the 19th century. For the cultures of the African people living in southern Africa who speak or who are descendants of those who traditionally spoke the Sesotho or Southern Sotho language, use the more specific "Southern Sotho."