Sechele I

Sechele I
Sechele I
Sechele
	Portrait taken by German anthropologist Gustav Fritsch at Ntsweng (nowadays, Old Molepolole) in 1865.
Born	Circa 1812; Botswana
Died	September 1892 (aged 81–82)
Resting place	Tribal Cemetery at Molepolole
Title	Kgosi of the Bakwena
Term	1831 – 1892
Predecessor	Motswasele II
Successor	Sebele I
Children	Three sons: Kgari, Sebele and Tumagole.

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 by David Livingstone and in his role as ruler served as a missionary among his own and other African peoples. According to Livingstone biographer Stephen Tomkins, Sechele was Livingstone's only African convert to Christianity, even though Livingstone himself came to regard Sechele as a "backslider".^[5] Sechele led a coalition of Batswana (Bakwêna, Bakaa, Balete, Batlokwa) in the Battle of Dimawe in 1852.

^ Dietrich, Keith; Bank, Andrew, eds. (2008). An Eloquent Picture Gallery: The South African Portrait Photographs of Gustav Theodor Fritsch, 1863-1865 (PDF). Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana Media. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-77009-641-7. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b Sekgarametso (2001). "An archaeological survey of Ntsweng in Molepolole" (PDF). Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies. 15 (1). Educational Book Service: 23–45. ISSN 0256-2316. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
^ ^a ^b Lipschutz, Mark R. (1989). Dictionary of African Historical Biography. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780520066113.
^ Parsons, Neil (1998). King Khama, Emperor Joe, and the Great White Queen: Victorian Britain Through African Eyes. Chicago, USA: University of Chicago Press. pp. 37–42. ISBN 9780226647456. sebele botswana 1892.
^ Tomkins, Stephen (19 March 2013). "The African chief converted to Christianity by Dr Livingstone". BBC Magazine. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[Dietrich_2008-1] Dietrich, Keith; Bank, Andrew, eds. (2008). An Eloquent Picture Gallery: The South African Portrait Photographs of Gustav Theodor Fritsch, 1863-1865 (PDF). Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana Media. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-77009-641-7. Retrieved 21 March 2013.

[Sekgarametso_2001-2] Sekgarametso (2001). "An archaeological survey of Ntsweng in Molepolole" (PDF). Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies. 15 (1). Educational Book Service: 23–45. ISSN 0256-2316. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

[Lipschutz_1989-3] Lipschutz, Mark R. (1989). Dictionary of African Historical Biography. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press. p. 117. ISBN 9780520066113.

[Parsons_1998-4] Parsons, Neil (1998). King Khama, Emperor Joe, and the Great White Queen: Victorian Britain Through African Eyes. Chicago, USA: University of Chicago Press. pp. 37–42. ISBN 9780226647456. sebele botswana 1892.

[TomkinsBBC-5] Tomkins, Stephen (19 March 2013). "The African chief converted to Christianity by Dr Livingstone". BBC Magazine. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

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