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- Seretse Khama’s Early Years
- ‘This Marriage Would Be Resented’
- Seretse’s Return
- The South African Government Lobby
- The Commonwealth at Stake?
- Footnotes
- Further Reading
Born in 1921, Seretse was the son of King Segkoma Khama II, chief of the Bamangwato people in the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, now Botswana. Segkoma died in 1925, when Seretse was an infant. Subsequently, Seretse’s uncle Tshekedi Khama was appointed regent and Seretse’s guardian. Once old enough, Seretse was sent to England to study law at...
Tshekedi was incensed to learn of Seretse’s engagement and sought to dissuade him. Tshekedi had good relations with the British Government ‘having been an indispensable collaborator in the ruling of Bechuanaland’, and he attempted to use his influence to ask the Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO) to prevent the marriage (see footnote one). A secre...
Three weeks after the wedding, Seretse travelled home to explain himself to his people. It was the first of three kgotla (tribal meetings). The first two resulted in deadlock after Seretse was ordered to choose between his wife and his chieftainship. He refused to agree to the demands. The files held at The National Archives on Seretse include note...
But, any relief felt by Seretse, Ruth, or the Colonial Office would be short-lived. On 24 June 1949, the very date the kgotla accepted the marriage, across Bechuanaland’s southern border, the South African House of Assembly passed the Mixed Marriages Bill, strictly prohibiting interracial marriage. Given that Seretse’s formal designation as chief w...
The British government feared South Africa would escalate tensions by imposing economic sanctions or even launch a military incursion into Bechuanaland. But, to not recognise Seretse would be seen as ceding to the prejudices of South Africa as well as ignoring the wishes of the Bamangwato people. It was also thought some in South Africa would use t...
Ronald Hyam, ‘The Political Consequences of Sertese Khama: Britain, The Bangwato and South Africa, 1948-1952‘, The History Journal, 29.4 (1986), 921-947 (p 924)Ibid,p 926-927Clare Rider, ‘The “Unfortunate Marriage” of Seretse Khama‘ (2002)Chioma Echebiri, ‘Who Was Sir Seretse Khama?‘, The Republic(22 November 2021)Feb 10, 2017 · Such is the case with the true story of African prince Seretse Khama and English clerk Ruth Williams, the interracial couple whose simple wish to live together as man and wife in Seretse’s ...
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Sep 14, 2016 · The controversial mixed-race marriage. When an African prince and a white middle-class clerk from Lloyd's underwriters got married in 1948, it provoked shock in Britain and Africa. Seretse Khama...
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Fabian Williams is a future-minded visual and performance artist whose work explores themes of Black liberation, innovation, and joy. Atlanta-based and Fayetteville, NC-born, Williams employs a broad scope of source material -- commercial illustration, classic portraiture, hip hop, and civil rights iconography -- to directly confront issues of ...
Feb 23, 2017 · How did Prince Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams meet? The A United Kingdom true story reveals that Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana (then known as the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland) met English-born Ruth Williams, a white woman, when he was studying law in London in the summer of 1947.
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Mar 19, 2024 · Fabian “Occasional Superstar” Williams is an Atlanta-based visual and performance artist best known for his fluorescent, symbolism-filled mural work depicting black cultural and civil rights...
