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  • Evidently written by a fervent admirer, this biography of a distinguished African chief who died in 1959 needs to be handled with caution by the historian.

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    Tshekedi Khama

    Regent King (Kgosi) of Bechuanaland, Ruler of the Bangwato people of central Botswana

    Tshekedi Khama

    Dikgosi Tshekedi and Bathoen II on the occasion of the visit of the British royal Family in April 1947

    PredecessorSekgoma II
    Born17 September 1905
    Bechuanaland
    Died10 June 1959 (aged 53)
    London
    FatherKhama III
    MotherSemane Setlhoko Khama

    Tshekedi Khama (17 September 1905 – 10 June 1959) was the regent-king of the Bamangwato tribe in 1926 after the death of Sekgoma II.[1]

    Background

    Tshekedi Khama was born in Serowe, the son of Khama III, known as Khama the Great, by his fourth wife Semane Setlhoko.[2][3] He was educated in Serowe, then at Lovedale, a Church of Scotland school in Cape Province.

    In 1923 he enrolled in the South African Native College in Fort Hare.[2]

    Tshekedi was named heir by his father over his son Sekgoma II, with whom he had quarrelled, although Khama set aside th