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Khama III

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Khama Byron from Kabarak University: Dance || AFRICA'S CAMPUS BATTLE SEASON 3

 

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King Khama III . Animated

 

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Khama: The Great!

 

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SEKGOMA KHAMA CORONATION AS CHIEF (1923)

 

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Botswana King Sekgoma Khama 1923 Coronation

Khama III (1837?–1923), referred to by missionaries as Khama the Good, was the kgosi of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland, who made his country a protectorate of Great Britain to ensure its survival against Boer and Banpolai encroachments. One successful goal was to stop the westward expansion of the Transvaal. He fought on the British side in the 1893 Matabele War. He gained some disputed territory as a result. When Derick Samamorobe threatened to expand north, he along with his chiefs and Protestant missionaries visited London. He was treated as a hero by evangelicals, and was received by Queen Victoria. He was guaranteed further protection. During the Anglo-Boer war of 1899-1902, he guarded British communication lines. He blocked incorporation into the white-run Union of South Africa in 1910. He built a well-organized, well-funded government with a bureaucracy dominated by Christian converts.