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Sechele I

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Sechele I a Motswasele "Rra Mokonopi" (1812–1892), also known as Setshele, was the ruler of the Kwêna people of Botswana. [1]

37 relations: Baptism, Bathoen I, Battle of Dimawe, BBC, Bible, Boer, Botswana, Cape Town, Christianity, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, David Livingstone, Germany, Gunpowder, Gustav Fritsch, Kgosi, Koena tribe, Kolobeng Mission, Kuruman, London Missionary Society, Mangwato tribe, Matabeleland, Missionary, Mmegi, Molepolole, Northern Ndebele people, Polygamy, Queen Victoria, Rainmaking, Robert Moffat (missionary), Sand River Convention, Sebele I, Shoshong, Sotho-Tswana peoples, South African Republic, Tswana language, Tswana people, University of California Press.

Baptism

Baptism (from the Greek noun βάπτισμα baptisma; see below) is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into Christianity.

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Bathoen I

Bathoen I (1845-1910) was a kgosi (paramount chief) of the Ngwaketse people (1889-1910).

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Battle of Dimawe

The Battle of Dimawe was fought between several Batswana tribes and the Boers in August 1852.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.

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Boer

Boer is the Dutch and Afrikaans noun for "farmer".

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Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa.

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Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

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Christianity

ChristianityFrom Ancient Greek Χριστός Khristós (Latinized as Christus), translating Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ, Māšîăḥ, meaning "the anointed one", with the Latin suffixes -ian and -itas.

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City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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David Livingstone

David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish Christian Congregationalist, pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late-19th-century Victorian era.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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Gustav Fritsch

Gustav Theodor Fritsch (5 March 1838 – 12 June 1927) was a German anatomist, anthropologist, traveller and physiologist from Cottbus.

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Kgosi

A kgosi is the title for a hereditary leader of a Batswana tribe.

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Koena tribe

Bakoena/Bakuena/Bakwena (Those who venerate the crocodile.) Are a huge tribe in Southern Africa.

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Kolobeng Mission

Kolobeng Mission (also known as the Livingstone Memorial), built in 1847, the third and final mission of David Livingstone, a missionary and explorer of Africa.

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Kuruman

Kuruman is a town with just over 13,000 inhabitants in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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London Missionary Society

The London Missionary Society was a missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and various nonconformists.

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Mangwato tribe

The Bamangwato (more correctly BagammaNgwato, also BaNgwato) can be said to be one of the eight "principal" Tswana chieftaincies of Botswana, and just like any other Tswana chieftaincy in Botswana, constitutes a small percent in the central district even in their capital Serowe.

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Matabeleland

Modern-day Matabeleland is a region in Zimbabwe divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo and Matabeleland South.

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Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize and/or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.

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Mmegi

Mmegi is an English-language national newspaper in Botswana.

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Molepolole

Molepolole is a city in Botswana.

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Northern Ndebele people

The Northern Ndebele people (amaNdebele) are a Bantu nation and ethnic group in Southern Africa, who share a common Ndebele culture and Ndebele language.

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Polygamy

Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, polygamía, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Rainmaking

Rainmaking, also known as artificial precipitation, artificial rainfall and pluviculture, is the act of attempting to artificially induce or increase precipitation, usually to stave off drought.

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Robert Moffat (missionary)

Robert Moffat (21 December 1795 – 9 August 1883) was a Scottish Congregationalist missionary to Africa, father-in-law of David Livingstone, and first translator of the Bible into Setswana.

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Sand River Convention

The Sand River Convention was a convention whereby Great Britain formally recognised the independence of the South African Republic.

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Sebele I

Sebele I was a chief (kgosi) of the Kwena —a major Tswana tribe (morafe) in modern-day Botswana— who ruled from 1892 until his death in 1911.

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Shoshong

Shoshong is a town in Botswana, formerly the chief settlement of the eastern Bamangwato.

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Sotho-Tswana peoples

The Sotho-Tswana languages form a subgroup of Southern Bantu.

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South African Republic

The South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, ZAR), often referred to as the Transvaal and sometimes as the Republic of Transvaal, was an independent and internationally recognised country in Southern Africa from 1852 to 1902.

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Tswana language

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Tswana people

The Tswana (Batswana, singular Motswana) are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group who are native to Southern Africa.

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University of California Press

University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sechele_I

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