Talk:Seretse Khama

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In 1978 Khama was awarded the

"...trapped between the aggressive white minority governments of apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia, most observers believed that Botswana would have little choice but to become a satellite state to one or the other.[citation needed]..." You'd have to prove that any of these governments was aggressive toward peaceful neighbours at all. --41.208.223.213 (talk) 20:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to sound dumb, and I realize there are similar words like governor/gubernatorial, etc. But on the page under Nationality you have "Motswana". Is this really what it is called (could be) or just a mistype of "Botswana"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bistritapcv2 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• "Motswana" is the singular form of Botswana - that is, a Tswana person. This is a common prefixing practice involving Bantu language groups across Central Africa. Same works for Muluba/Baluba for the Luba people of the Congo. -Indy beetle (talk) 16:31, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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