The dark days of Botswana�s birth
Friday, August 19, 2016
Not exactly, argues Professor Part Mgadla, a historian and the director of Confucius Institute. Last Thursday, at the first of a series of lectures on the country’s milestones since independence at the University of Botswana, Mgadla made his intentions clear: he intended to debunk “myths and misconceptions” surrounding the legendary trip undertaken by the three chiefs to London.
He said it was 10 years after Bechuanaland had been declared a protectorate by the British that the chiefs went to Britain.
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