Gagoangwe (c. 1845 – 1924) was the Acting (Regent) King, the Queen Mother[1] or Mohumagadi of the Mmanaana Kgatla and BaNgwaketse in what is now Botswana.
[2] Gagoangwe was a member of the Kwena family, a devout Christian,[3] and regent for her grandson, Bathoen II.
[7] She was a devout Christian and impacted Bathoen I's support of the London Missionary Society.
The territory was in the midst of a fight for independence against the Boers and the colonial British Empire.
[2] Gagoangwe continued the development projects of Seepapitso III, and secured the regency for her daughter Ntebogang Ratshosa before her own death.