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Tshekedi ruptures reconciliation 201–3, 207–8
permanent banishment 211–21, 253, 254
Bangwato delegation 224–6, 231–3
Ian’s birth 253–4
in Addiscombe 254, 255, 256
transfer of authority to Rasebolai 262
1955 Labour Party conference 272
negotiations over return 266–7, 273–4, 275, 276–9, 281, 283–9
return to Bechuanaland 290–98,303, 304
Ruth’s return to Bechuanaland 298, 300, 301
twins’ birth 303
Tshekedi’s death 304, 305
political role 305–9, 310, 312–15
Kenya’s Independence celebrations 311
knighted 316
Independence 316, 317, 318–20
as President 321, 323, 325–7
death 327–8
legacy 329–30
Khama, Seretse Khama Ian
arrival in Bechuanaland 300 birth 253–4
childhood in England 286
Independence celebrations 318
as Kgosi Khama IV 327
Khama, Tshekedi
as Regent 30–32, 35, 37, 323
deposed by British 38–9
attitude to women 57, 58
Seretse’s education 3, 9
Seretse’s marriage 17–18, 19, 20, 25–6
Kgotla on Seretse’s marriage 40, 41, 42, 43–51
installation of Seretse 65, 67
voluntary exile 86–7
Harragin Inquiry 94, 95, 96, 98, 99
British plan to exile 125, 132
meets Baring 135
lawsuit over Khama’s will 162
reconciliation and Aide Memoire 173–4, 181–4, 185, 188
ruptures reconciliation 201–3
campaign against banishment 206–9, 211 212–13, 220, 222
exclusion order lifted 243–4
Kgotla to choose new Chief 245
Africa Bureau 253
Ian’s birth 254
common front with Seretse 275, 276–7, 278–9
negotiations over return 283, 284–5, 287
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 291, 292, 293–4, 295, 297, 300
Tribal Council 304
death 304–5
Khama, Tshekedi Stanford 303, 318
Kimathi, Dedan 264
King, Dr Martin Luther 280, 329
Kroonstad African Community 146
Laithwaite, Sir Gilbert 271, 284
Le Rougetel, Sir John 211, 244
Kgotla on delegation’s return 238, 239
Kgotla to nominate new Chief 259, 260
Oratile nominated as acting Kgosi 242, 243
League of Coloured Peoples 143
Lee, Jennie 156, 196, 240, 264, 277–8
Legum, Colin 253
Lennox-Boyd, Alan 213, 299–300
Leposo, Gaothobogwe 223, 228
Lesotho 318, 325
see also Basutoland
Letsema 105–6
Levy, Benn 252
Lewin, Julius 281
Lewis, Peter 193–5, 196–8, 227
Liesching, Sir Percivale
appointed as High Commissioner 271
decision to banish Khamas 176
Gordon Walker’s visit 206
Harragin Inquiry 109
Kgotla boycott 139–40
meetings with Seretse 120–21, 124–5, 131
riots 259
Seretse’s marriage 67, 68, 72–4, 75, 76
Seretse’s permanent banishment 211
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 279–80, 283, 284
South African representations 153, 154
Tshekedi ruptures reconciliation 202
Tshekedi’s deposition 39
Life 82, 89, 170–71, 292
Lipson, Daniel 208, 232, 361n
Livingstone, David 29
Lloyd, Sir Thomas 214
Lobatse 158–9, 160–61, 172, 312
London Missionary Society (LMS) 4, 8, 14, 29
Seretse’s marriage 23, 41, 54
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 293
Tshekedi’s death 305
London, University of 5
Louw, Eric 282
Lovedale College 4, 49, 57, 103
Lumumba, Patrice 329
Luthuli, Albert 329
Machel, Samora 328, 329
McIntosh, Phineas 38, 39, 85, 86
Mackenzie, Sir Compton 252
MacKenzie, Forbes 142, 180–81, 260–61, 269
Bangwato boycott 174–5, 188
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 161–2, 166–7
Macmillan, Harold 271, 310–311
Macmillan, Professor W. M. 208, 209, 361n
Mafeking Mail 320
Mafikeng 36, 97, 102, 109, 312, 313
Mahalapye 57, 159–60, 166–7, 169
Makalaka 47
Makeba, Miriam 301
Malan, Dr Daniel 36, 188, 212, 226, 249, 280
representations to British Government 65, 68, 72, 97, 153–4
transfer of HCTs 112
Malawi 311
see also Nyasaland
Malaya 265
Malekantwa regiment 222
Manchester Guardian 152, 206, 220, 231–2, 241, 270
Mandela, Nelson 111, 329, 330
ANC 100
in Bechuanaland 27, 315
Botswana 325, 326
Fort Hare 4
Freedom Charter 280–81
Wits 4–5
Mannin, Ethel 252
Manyaphiri [Ikitseng, Manyaphiri], wife of 218, 223
Marina, Princess of Kent 317, 319, 320
Marks, J. B. 100
Martin, Kingsley 252
Masire, Ketumile 307–8, 314, 316, 320–22, 327, 329–30
Matante, Philip 307, 316
Mathangwane, Mongwaketse 223, 231
Mau Mau uprising 8, 250–51, 264, 309
Meikles Hotel, Salisbury 299, 300
Menon, Krishna 145, 257
Messel, Oliver 220–21
Mikardo, Ian 156
minerals 275–6, 277, 323
miners 33, 51, 103
Mochudi 313–14
Moeng College 32, 37, 207, 209
Moffat, Robert 29
Mohumagadi 84
Moikangoa, Dr Don
Jacqueline’s birth 169, 170, 180
Ruth’s pregnancy 92, 94, 164, 165
support for Seretse 162–3
Mokgosi, Kgosi of the Balete 44, 49, 50, 103, 118, 276, 296
Molefi, Kgosi of Bakgatla 96, 295
Monday Club 311
Mondlane, Eduardo 329
Monks, Noel
accusing British of hypocrisy 83
Baring 136, 138
Churchill’s protest 134
Harragin Inquiry 94, 95
Jacqueline’s birth 171
Kgotla on Seretse’s marriage 49
Khamas leaving Bechuanaland 180, 186
Ruth’s arrival in Bechuanaland 79
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 159, 160, 172
sympathy for Khamas 87–8
Monsarrat, Nicholas 115
Kgotla boycott 135, 137, 138
Khamas leaving Bechuanaland 182, 185, 186–7
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 159, 160, 161, 165–6, 167–8
Moremi, Mrs 96, 142, 176, 243
Morrison, Herbert 175
Moshoela, Ella 31
Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho 328
Mosinyi, Goareng 46, 136–7, 175, 260
Movement for Colonial Freedom (MCF) 264–6, 277
Mpotokwane, Mtultwatsi 223, 227, 230
Mugabe, Robert 4
Murumbi, Joseph 266
Mutesa II, Edward (King Freddie) 258–9, 264, 270–71
Naledi ya Batswana 80, 82, 147, 242, 307
Nasha, Margaret 323, 324
Natal Mercury 146
Natal Witness 76
Nationalist Minded Bloc 100
> Native Authority 108, 261, 267
Nettelton, Gerald
Harragin Inquiry 95
Kgotla boycott 136
Khamas leaving Bechuanaland 178, 179
Ruth 54
Seretse leaves Bechuanaland 115, 117–18
Seretse’s marriage 42, 43
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 164, 165
New Statesman 252
News Chronicle 81, 206, 252, 257–8
Ngakane, Lionel 256
Ngoyi, Mrs Lilian 273, 301
Nigeria 152, 265, 288, 311
Njonjo, Charles 10, 11, 193, 252, 255
Seretse’s marriage 14, 21, 23
Nkomo, Joshua 4
Nkrumah, Kwame 21, 199, 329
Appiah’s wedding 257
Pan-African Congress 12, 13, 309
self-government and Independence 211–12, 250, 309
Nkumbula, Harry 10, 21, 70–71
Noble, Commander Alan 276, 277, 278, 282
Noel-Baker, Philip 74, 75, 124
Harragin Inquiry 77, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113–14
meeting with Seretse 121–3
South African representations 65, 66, 153–4
Northern Rhodesia 33
Federation plans 10, 212, 213, 253, 263, 265, 271, 280
Independence 311
objection to installation of Seretse 71
see also Zambia
Nthobatsang, Oabona 46–7, 245, 295
Nutford House 10, 14, 15
Nyasaland 33
Devlin Commission 309–10
Federation plans 10, 212, 213, 253, 263, 265, 271, 280
Independence 311
Nyerere, Julius 4, 5, 325–6, 328
Observer 202, 206, 253
Orapa 323
Orchard, Ronald 19, 23, 24
Ottawa Journal 311
Oxford University 3, 5, 8–9
Padmore, George 11, 257
Page, Graham 277
Page-Wood, Mrs 81, 204
Palapye 38, 297
Pan-African Congress, Fifth 12–13, 309
Parks, Rosa 280
Paton, Alan 36, 81, 232, 256
Patterson, Reverend Leonard 17, 19, 20, 23–4
Paver, B. G. 111, 147
Pela, Walter Stanford 103
Picture Post 7, 88, 207
Pilikwe 243
Pilkington, Dr Roger 8, 9, 19–20, 23, 24–5
Protectorates 33
see also Bechuanaland; Northern Rhodesia; Nyasaland
Racial Unity 225, 226
Raditladi, Leetile 242, 245
Rametsana 86–7, 218
Rand Daily Mail 146, 208, 236, 289
Rathcreedan, Lord 122, 123, 131, 216, 266
Bangwato delegation 224, 226–7
Ratshosa, Simon 58
Read, Tony 311
Red Cross 326, 328
Redcliffe-Maud, Sir John 328
Redfern, John 78–9, 85, 221
Bangwato delegation 224, 225
book published 270
Gordon Walker’s visit 205
hostility to Seretse and Ruth 58–9, 84
Kgotla boycott 137, 139
Redgrave, Michael 252
Rey, Charles 38, 39
Rhodes, Cecil 33, 34, 35
Rhodesia 311–12, 318, 324–5
see also Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe
Rhodesia Herald 185, 288, 300
Ringadoo, Veerasamy 10
riots 236–42
Robertson, Fyfe 88, 207
Robeson, Paul 11, 153
Rogers, Douglas 265–6
Russell, Bertrand 252
Ruth and Seretse (Redfern) 270
Rutherford, Bruce 268
Salisbury, Lord
Bangwato delegation 223, 224, 227–30, 231, 232, 235
Oratile nominated as acting Kgosi 242, 243
replacement 259
Seretse’s permanent banishment 214–15, 216, 217, 219
Sampson, Anthony 253
San 28
Scott, Reverend Michael 203, 207–8, 253, 305
Seager, Reverend Alan 42, 44, 78, 79, 223, 238
Sebele, Kgosi of the Bakwena 34, 222
Sebinas 297
Second World War 7–8, 11–12, 175
Sefhare 287, 297
Sekgoma II 30, 45, 58
Sekgoma, Peto
boycott 136–7, 188
delegation to Britain 223, 227, 228
Kgotla on delegation’s return 235, 236, 239, 241
proposal to banish 176
release from prison 268–9
Seretse’s marriage 43, 44, 48, 50–51
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 158, 160–61, 170, 297
Seretse, Gasebalwe 287
Seretse, Lenyeletse 32, 41, 137, 242
Seretse, Serogola 44, 47, 48, 136–7
Seretse Khama Campaign Committee 240–41, 251, 252
Seretse Khama Fighting Committee 143–4, 150–51, 152, 195, 351n
Bangwato boycott 174, 175
Bangwato delegation 225
Serowe 29, 79, 245
Shaw, Minnie 78, 79, 85
Shawcross, Hartley 177
Sierra Leone 311
Sillery, Anthony
dislike of Ruth 176
Harragin Inquiry 95, 96
Kgotla boycott 135, 136
recommends Seretse’s installation 66–7
riot equipment 108
Ruth’s arrival in Bechuanaland 59–60, 79, 80, 86
Seretse leaves Bechuanaland 115–18
Seretse’s marriage 42, 43
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 162
Sisulu, Walter 111, 146, 256, 280–81
Slovo, Joe 5, 315
Smith, Ian 311–12, 318
Smuts, General Jan 32, 36, 109, 148–9, 151, 249
Sobhuza 111
Somaliland 265
Sorensen, Reverend Reginald 133, 144, 252
SOS Children’s Villages 329
South Africa 37
apartheid 212, 249–50, 263, 271, 280–81, 308–9
Appiah’s wedding 257–8
and Bechuanaland 33–6
and Botswana 324–6
British appeasement 139, 140, 147–9
Fort Hare Native University 4
incorporation of HCTs 205, 281–3, 297, 314–15
Macmillan’s visit 310–11
mines 33, 51, 276
opposition to installation of Seretse 65, 68, 70, 72, 73–4, 76–7, 97, 102–3, 107, 109–10, 111, 342n
prohibits Khamas 97, 102, 298
representations to British government 153–5, 156
Ruth’s arrival in Bechuanaland 91–2
Seretse’s exile 146–7, 176–7
Seretse’s permanent banishment 211, 213, 216, 219–21
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 279–80, 281, 288, 301
South African Indian Congress 146
Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) 326
Southern Rhodesia 33, 59–60
and Botswana 325
Federation plans 10, 212, 213, 253, 263, 265, 271, 280
hostility to recognizing Seretse 212
opposition to installation of Seretse 67, 68–70, 71, 73, 97, 102–3, 107, 109
Ruth’s return to Bechuanaland 299–300
UDI 311–12, 318
Stansgate, Lord 229–30, 252
Star 146, 186, 245, 292, 297, 300, 301, 302
Stimson, Robert 135
Stonehouse, John 195, 199, 259, 320
Strachan, Billy 143
Strauss, J. G. N. 211
Strijdom, Johannes 68, 280, 282–3
Suez crisis 279, 284, 310
Sugar Hill club 197–8
Suiderstem 146
Sullivan, Richard 50–51, 136, 160, 172–3, 182
Sunday Express 165
Sunday Times 292
Swart, Charles 257–8
Swaziland 37, 111, 142, 325
&n
bsp; Independence 318
transfer to South Africa 35, 281, 282
Swinton, Lord 259, 261, 271
Syers, Sir Cecil 21
Tamana, Dora 273
Tambo, Oliver 4, 111, 315, 329
Tanganyika 265, 311
Tanzania 311, 325
Thema, B. C. 321– 2
Thema, Selope 99–100, 111
Thompson, A. C. 95, 100–102
Thorndike, Dame Sybil 252
Thornton, Betty 52, 53
Tiger Kloof 4, 103, 307
Time 218, 306
Times, The 147, 152, 206, 220, 245, 260, 285, 313, 322, 328
Tomlinson Commission 280, 281
Transvaler, Die 147, 221, 270, 288
Tribune 207
Trinidad 145
Tutu, Desmond 4
Uganda 258–9, 265, 311
Umthunywa 147
Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) 311, 318
United States 145–6, 153, 280, 308–9, 312
uranium 68, 74, 342n
Vaderland 147
Verwoerd, Dr Hendrik 263, 314, 315
Victoria, Queen 33, 34, 35, 201
Vieyra, Mr 241
Volkgtem 146
Volksblad, Die 146–7, 221
Wand, Dr 23–4
Wedgwood Benn, Anthony see Benn, Tony
Welensky, Roy 263
West African Review 21
West African Students Union (WASU) 11, 12, 143
West Indies 265
West Indies cricket team 193
Whately, Monica 241, 266
White Paper 149, 151–3, 156
Whyte, Quintin 111, 281
Williams, Dorothy 16, 17, 52, 53, 55, 193
Williams, G. Mennen 308
Williams, George 16, 17, 20, 55, 193
Williams, Sir Herbert 133
Williams, Muriel 16, 53, 54, 55, 60, 192
intention to join Ruth 164, 176
Ruth and Seretse’s courtship and marriage 14, 15, 23, 25
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 290
Williams, Ruth see Khama, Ruth
Winstanley, George 243, 244, 268, 287, 297–8
Witwatersrand Native Labour Association 293
Witwatersrand, University of 4–5
women 57–8
flogging in kgotla 269
fund-raising for delegation 223
Kgotla on delegation’s return 236, 239, 240, 241
leadership roles 242–3
request for Ruth’s return 208–210
Ruth remains in Bechuanaland 119
Ruth’s arrival in Bechuanaland 80, 81, 82
Ruth’s return to Bechuanaland 300
Ruth’s welfare work 298–9, 302–3
Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 288–9, 293, 294, 301
Woodford, Stan 86
World, The 273–4
Wray, Martin 269, 283, 286, 287–9, 293, 297, 298
Wyatt, Woodrow 156
Xuma, Dr Alfred 111
Yorkshire Post 253
Zambia 311, 324, 325
see also Northern Rhodesia
Zanzibar 265, 311
zebras 318
Zimbabwe 327