Sebele I
Sebele I | |
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| Term | 1892 – 1911[3] |
| Predecessor | Sechele I[3] |
| Successor | Sechele II[3] |
Sebele I was a chief (British South African Company, which was administering, by a royal charter signed in October 1889, his homeland in the Bechuanaland Protectorate and other regions of Central Africa.[6]
With support from
Christian missionaries, Sebele traveled to Britain in 1895 along with Bathoen I and Khama III to argue against the latest attempts to incorporate the protectorate into the Cape Colony. They managed to secure support from Queen Victoria in exchange for an eastern strip of territory.[7] Between 1908 and 1909 he also resisted the incorporation of Bechuanaland into the Union of South Africa.[6]
References
- ISBN 978-1-77009-641-7. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- JSTOR 40238358.
- ^ ISBN 9780520066113.
- ISBN 9780226647456.
sebele botswana 1892.
- ^ "Sechele’s tribe proved by no means unanimous in welcoming the Protectorate. Sebele, the eldest son of the chief, protested against their country being taken from them without their consent." (T.E. Malebeswa (2020): Tribal Territories Act, indirect rule, chiefs and subjects)
- ^ ISBN 9781579582456. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ISBN 9781475920802. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
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