During the late 1940s, in what was known as the Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana), a special meeting took place in the BaNgwato village. The United Kingdom and Ireland had established this ...

One of the most publicized and embarrassing blots on Britain’s colonial record was the government’s highhanded treatment of Seretse Khama, 39, who is hereditary chief of the Bamangwato tribe in the ...

Strapping Gordon Batho, Her Majesty’s district commissioner for the Bamangwato tribe of Bechuanaland Protectorate, had some bad news for his black-skinned charges. To a crowded Kgotla (native ...

1867 - European gold prospectors arrive, mining begins. 1885 - British proclaim a protectorate called Bechuanaland. 1890 - British protectorate is extended to Chobe river. 1950 - Chief of the Ngwato, ...