Sechele

Tswana king

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history of Botswana

  • Botswana
    In history of Botswana: Prosperous trading states

    …king of this period was Sechele (ruled 1829–92) of the Kwena around Molepolole. He allied himself with British traders and missionaries and was baptized by David Livingstone. He also fought the Boers, who tried to seize people who fled from the Transvaal to join Sechele’s state. But by the later…

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