Gagoangwe
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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.
Gagoangwe was the daughter of Sechele I,[2] kgosi or king of the BaKwena. Sechele I was converted to Christianity during the late 1840s through the work of David Livingstone; converting the entire BaKwena tribe, including Gagoangwe.[4] When she was young, she gouged out the eye of a servant. Her father allowed the servant to put out one of her eyes in return, in accordance to the biblical Old Testament principle "an eye for an eye". Thereafter, she was known as the "one-eyed Queen".[5]