Botswanan president sir seretse khama biography
Botswanan president sir seretse khama biography
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University of Botswana History Department
A brief biography of Sir Seretse Khama, Botswana's first president:
Seretse Khama (1921-80), founding President of Botswana, 1966-80.
He inherited an impoverished and internationally obscure state from British rule, and left an increasingly democratic and prosperous country with a significant role in Southern Africa.
Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe in the British protectorate of Bechuanaland.
He was was the son of Sekgoma Khama, and the grandson of the internationally famous Kgosi Khama III (c.1835-1923), ruler of the Bangwato people of central Botswana.
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He was named Seretse-the clay that binds together-because of the recent reconciliation between his father and grandfather. Seretse's mother, Tebogo Kebailele, had been chosen by Khama to be the new wife of the ageing Sekgoma. When Sekgoma died in 1925, four-year old Seretse was p