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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. He was converted to Christianity...
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    chief, Kgosi Sechele I, during his reign in the 1800s. The event takes place at the Ntsweng heritage site, organized by Kgosi Sechele I Museum. It is...
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  • 1807–1821) Sechele I (c. 1829–1892) Sebele I (1892–1911) Sechele II (1911–1918) Sebele II (1918–1931) Kgari Sechele II (1931–1962) Neale Sechele (1963–1970)...
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    The Kgosi Sechele I Museum is a national museum located in Molepolole, Botswana. The museum was founded in 1902 and was made open to the public in 1992...
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    Botswana in the Transvaal. In 1852, a coalition of Tswana chiefdoms led by Sechele I resisted Afrikaner incursions, which culminated in the pivotal showdown...
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    Botswana in the Transvaal. In 1852 a coalition of Tswana chiefdoms led by Sechele I defeated Afrikaner incursions at the Battle of Dimawe and, after about...
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  • I of the Bakwena tribe, the Batswana were victorious at Dimawe Hill. Friend of my heart's love, and of all the confidence of my heart, I am Sechele....
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    Protectorate. On the contrary, evidence shows that Chiefs Bathoen I of Bangwaketse and Sechele I of Bakwena were sceptical about the protection, whilst Chief...
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  • release of Macheng. Sechele I makes him kgosi of the Ngwato people.: xxv  1859 April – Sechele I has Macheng overthrown and makes Sekgoma I the kgosi of the...
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    local administration. Manyana rock paintings in Manyana village and Kgosi Sechele I Museum are the major attractions in the district. As of 2011, the total...
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    Bechuanaland but were defeated by a Tswana army led by Sechele I(Setshele) of the Bakwena ba ga Sechele at Dimawe in present-day Botswana during the Battle...
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    southeast of Molepolole. The area was first occupied by Bakwena, led by Sechele I (ruled 1829–92), in 1864. It was abandoned in 1937 when Bakwena were forced...
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    Chicago Press. pp. 37–42. ISBN 9780226647456. sebele botswana 1892. "Sechele’s tribe proved by no means unanimous in welcoming the Protectorate. Sebele...
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  • Botswana in the Transvaal. In 1852 a coalition of Tswana chiefdoms led by Sechele I resisted Afrikaner incursions, and after about eight years of intermittent...
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  • arrived in the 1830s and engaged in transactions with the dikgosi. Kgosi Sechele I of the Kwena people took advantage of the new trading routes, securing...
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    groupings). Sechele was born in 1812. His father died when Sechele was 10, and two of his uncles divided the tribe, which forced Sechele to leave his...
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  • Sechele II Kealeboga Sebele (c. 1860–1918) was kgosi of the Kwena tribe in the Bechuanaland Protectorate (modern day Botswana) from 1911 until his death...
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    he took part in the Battle of Dimawe, a raid against the Tswana chief Sechele I. The Boer commando was headed by Pretorius, but in practice he did not...
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  • Transvaal President Paul Kruger signed an armistice with Tswana chief Sechele I, ending the state of war and checking further Boer expansion into Botswana...
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  • of the Kwena, he reunited his faction with that of Motswasele's son, Sechele I, and they went to Diruthe. Once they settled in Diruthe, the Kwena came...
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  • Mary Livingstone, and their children. While here, Livingstone converted Sechele I, kgosi of the Bakwena and taught them irrigation methods using the nearby...
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  • by the conflicts of the Difaqane before the Kwena were reunified under Sechele I. Reported as c. 1820 and 1821–1822 Schapera 1980, p. 84. Schapera 1980...
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  • grandson, Bathoen II. Gagoangwe was the daughter of Sechele I, kgosi or king of the BaKwena. Sechele I was converted to Christianity during the late 1840s...
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  • Bechuanaland Protectorate (present-day Botswana). He succeeded his father, Sechele II, in 1918. Sebele quickly came into conflict with other members of his...
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    19th century porcelain. In 1852, a group of four Batswana tribes, led by Sechele I, Kgosi (chief) of the Bakwena tribe, fought against the Boers in the Battle...
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  • Schapera, I (1980). "Notes on the early history of the Kwena (Bakwena-bagaSechele)". Botswana Notes and Records. 12: 83–87. ISSN 0525-5090. JSTOR 40980796...
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  • Botswana. Botswana National Museum Kgosi Bathoen II (Segopotso) Museum Kgosi Sechele I Museum Khama III Memorial Museum Nhabe Museum Phuthadikobo Museum Supa...
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  • Schapera, I (1980). "Notes on the early history of the Kwena (Bakwena-bagaSechele)". Botswana Notes and Records. 12: 83–87. ISSN 0525-5090. JSTOR 40980796...
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    through Bechuanaland and sent a commando to the western border against Sechele. Pretorius died at his home at Magaliesberg in July 1853. He is described...
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  • ISSN 0525-5090. JSTOR 40979457. Schapera, I (1980). "Notes on the early history of the Kwena (Bakwena-bagaSechele)". Botswana Notes and Records. 12: 83–87...
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