Twenty Years in Khama's Country, and Pioneering among the Batauana of Lake Ngami
by Hepburn, J. D. (author), and C. H. Lyall (editor)
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About This Item
(London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1896). Third edition, published the year after the First. 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt decorative device to upper cover; pp. xiii + (iii) + 397; frontis. portrait. A little rubbed; bump to top fore-corner of upper board; a little foxing to edges, endpapers and outermost leaves. Good to very good condition. (Mendelssohn 1, p. 705 [1st edition]; Hosken, p. 97 [2nd edition]) 'The London Missionary Society having appointed Mr. Hepburn as a colleague to Mr. Mackenzie in the mission to the Bamangwato tribe, Mr. and Mrs. Hepburn and Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie arrived in Shoshong in August 1871, and were received and welcomed by the young chiefs, Khama and Khamane. It is stated that at this period the chief of the Bechuanas, Sekhome, had deputed his authority to a native named Macheng, in order to disinherit Khama, his son and lawful heir. Macheng, prompted by Kuruman, a brother of Lobengula, determined to banish the missionaries from the country, but the troops he sent to effect his purpose defied his authority and, matters reaching a crisis, Khama, with the assistance of Sechele, drove Macheng out of the Kingdom and assumed the chief authority. Many difficulties had to be encountered, owing to the young chief's anomalous position with regard to his father Sekhome, but finally, early in the year 1875, Khama was firmly established as "undisputed chief of the Bamangwato," and a brigher day dawned "not only for his own people, but also for the missionaries and their work."' - Mendelssohn .
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- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
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- Title
- Twenty Years in Khama's Country, and Pioneering among the Batauana of Lake Ngami
- Author
- Hepburn, J. D. (author), and C. H. Lyall (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1896)
- Keywords
- Bamangwato. Chief Khama. Bechuanaland. Botswana. Tswana. Bushmen. African History
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- African History;
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