'Who Goes There: Khama or Kgosi?'

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Never mind Kgosi's demure dismissal of suggestions that he projects a similarity to Khama, behavioural scientists say the tendency to mimic icons or masters is not peculiar to humans, writes Gale Ngakane

FRANCISTOWN: His name is Isaac Seabelo Kgosi, which makes his initials 'ISK'. The President of the Republic of Botswana is Seretse Khama Ian Khama, a name that his admirers shorten to 'SKI'.

In 1987, I was staying with a cousin at the Botswana Defence Force's (BDF) Sir Seretse Khama Barracks in Mogoditshane. Whenever Khama went past, soldiers could be heard whispering, "Ke SKI."

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