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Khama, Seretse  

Willie Henderson

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08 December 2011
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30 September 2012

first prime minister (president) of independent Botswana, was born in Serowe, the principal town of the BaNgwato, in what is now the Central District of Botswana. He was the son of Sekgoma Khama and Tebogo Kebailele, grandson of Khama the Great, and hence heir to the kingship of the Ngwato. In 1923 Seretse’s father became, as Kgosi Sekgoma II, ruler in Serowe. In 1925 Sekgoma died of what is now suspected to be complications due to undiagnosed diabetes. The infant Seretse was proclaimed chief, subject to the regency of his uncle Tshekedi Khama. Tshekedi Khama became solely responsible for Seretse on the death of Tebogo in 1930. Tshekedi Khama grew in office to be a capable, powerful, and autocratic administrator and a frequent thorn in the flesh for the colonial administration.

Seretse was educated at Tigerkloof 1931 1934 and Lovedale 1937 1939 in what was then Cape Province South ...

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Koinange, Peter Mbiyu  

Michael Mwenda Kithinji

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08 December 2011
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30 September 2012

Kenyan scholar and politician, was the first-born son of Senior Chief Koinange of Kiambu. Mbiyu was named after his grandfather Mbiyu wa Gachetha, one of the earliest colonial chiefs in Kenya. His chiefly background provided him with an opportunity to pursue elementary education at an early age, joining the pioneer class of the Alliance High School in 1926. In 1927, he transferred to the Hampton Institute in Virginia. While at Hampton, Mbiyu noticed the absence of authentic African artifacts at the Hampton Museum and requested that his father address the problem. Koinange responded to his son’s request by shipping a container load of various African artifacts, which the museum used to establish the Koinange collection.

In 1930, Mbiyu joined Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, where he studied for a degree in political science. He graduated in 1934 the first Kenyan African to obtain a bachelor s ...

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Luthuli, Albert John Mvumbi  

Dorothy C. Woodson

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08 December 2011
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30 September 2012

South African teacher, Zulu chief, political leader, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, was born in Rhodesia around 1898 of South African (Zulu) parentage. His mother, Mtonya Gumede, was born and raised in the Royal Kraal of Cetshewayo, the Zulu king. His father, John Luthuli, was the elected chief of Groutville, home of the Umvoti Mission, an American Board of Commissioners station near Stanger, north of Durban, in what is now Kwa-Zulu Natal. He attended various local schools and was later awarded a two-year teacher-training scholarship at Adams College. Luthuli remained at Adams as a teacher, becoming one of only two African teachers at the school, the other being Z. K. Matthews (1901–1968). He married Nokukhanya Bhengu in 1927, and they had seven children.

In 1936 Luthuli reluctantly left Adams College and returned to Groutville after being elected to the chieftainship of the Umvoti Mission Reserve during which time he ...

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Seboko, Mosadi  

Agnes Leslie

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08 December 2011
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30 September 2012

the first woman to become a paramount chief in Botswana, was born in 1950, the first child of Paramount Chief Kgosi Mokgosi III. “Mosadi,” which translates as “woman” in Setswana, was born in Ramotswa, a village about twenty miles (32 kilometers) south of the capital city, Gaborone. Ramotswa is also the capital of the Balete or Bamalete, ethnic group. She had seven sisters and one brother. Her father died in 1966, and after that a paternal uncle served as a regent for her brother, who was nine years her junior. Seboko attended Moedin College in Otse Village, south of Gaborone, and obtained the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate in 1969. She started working as soon as she finished high school in order to help her mother with her siblings when her father died. She pursued a career in banking for twenty-four years, joining Barclays Bank in 1971 ...