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  see also Kgotla

  Bantu 263, 280

  Bantu Areas 281, 314

  Bantu World 99, 100, 111, 147

  Baralong 28

  Baring, Sir Evelyn

  Bangwato boycott 188

  and British Observers 208

  Harragin Inquiry 95–6, 98, 107–8, 109–110, 112, 124

  Jacqueline’s registration 179

  Mau Mau uprising 250–51, 264, 309

  objection to installation of Seretse 66–9, 71–2, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77

  Ruth’s arrival in Bechuanaland 58, 59

  Seretse’s banishment 134–42, 150, 155

  Seretse’s concern for 194

  Seretse’s marriage 18–19, 42

  Seretse’s permanent banishment 175–6, 181, 182–3, 187–8, 210, 211, 212, 214

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 161, 164, 172

  Tshekedi ruptures reconciliation 201, 202

  Basarwa 28

  Basutoland 37

  direct rule 142

  Independence 312, 318

  transfer to South Africa 35, 281, 282

  see also Lesotho

  Batawana 28, 243

  Batho, Gordon 234, 268

  delegation’s return 235–6, 237

  Kgotla to nominate new Chief 244–5, 260

  Rasebolai as Native Authority 267

  Bathoen II, Kgosi of the Bangwaketse 242–3, 316

  Seretse’s and Tshekedi’s joint statement 182

  Seretse’s marriage 44, 49, 96, 103

  Seretse’s renunciation of kingship 295–6

  South Africa 34, 222

  Batlokwa 28

  Baxter, Herbert 120–21, 226, 227

  Bechuanaland 3, 27–9

  British army veterans 7–8

  British management 33, 36–7

  colour bar 306–7

  Independence 309, 312–15, 316, 317–24

  Legislative Council 306

  mineral development 275, 277, 295, 297

  national elections 312, 313–14

  transfer to South Africa 33–6, 281, 282

  see also Botswana

  Bechuanaland Democratic Party (BDP) 307, 308, 313, 314

  Bechuanaland Independence Party 313

  Bechuanaland People’s Party (BPP) 307, 309, 313

  Beetham, Colonel 204, 217, 223, 244, 260

  Benn, Melissa 303, 308

  Benn, Tony 229, 252, 266, 303, 308, 315

  Seretse’s permanent banishment 218–19, 278, 287

  Benson, Mary 206, 207, 253, 305

  Bevan, Aneurin 12, 175, 196

  Beyers, General 68, 72

  Birmingham Post 232

  Bonham Carter, Violet 148

  Botswana 316, 317–25

  see also Bechuanaland

  Botswana Democratic Party 326, 327

  Bourke-White, Margaret 33, 82, 89–91, 92–3, 118–20, 292

  boycotts

  of administration 140–41, 148, 174–5, 176, 182, 184, 188, 267

  of Kgotla 135–9

  Boyd Orr, Lord 252

  Bradshaw, Alan 85–6, 141, 142

  Bradshaw, Doris 85, 116, 135, 137, 141–2

  Braine, Bernard 308

  British Council of Churches 152, 221

  British Eugenics Society 20

  British Guiana 152–3, 196, 265

  British South Africa Company 33–5

  Brockway, Fenner

  1955 Labour Party conference 272

  Bangwato delegation 224, 231

  complaint about flogging of women 269

  Council for the Defence of Seretse Khama 251–2, 254–5

  creation of non-racial state 308

  mining concessions 276

  Movement for Colonial Freedom 264, 265, 277

  negotiations over Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 278

  Seretse’s exile 133, 134, 144, 155, 156

  Seretse’s permanent banishment 196, 219

  Brook, Norman 177

  Buchanan, Douglas 9, 18, 38, 67, 206

  Harragin Inquiry 95, 96, 98, 99

  Buchanan, John 18, 19, 20, 23, 25

  Buganda 258–9, 270–71

  Bulawayo Chronicle 291, 292

  Bullock, H. L. 208, 209, 361n

  Burger, Die 91, 146–7

  Burnham, Forbes 10, 196

  Bushmen 28

  Byers, Frank 252

  Cabral, Amilcar 329

  Campaign Committee 240–41, 251, 252

  Canterbury, Archbishop of 152, 221, 250, 258

  Cape Times 81, 146, 151

  Cato, Milton 10

  Central Africa Committee 264

  Ceylon 145

  Chamberlain, Joseph 35

  Chiepe, Monametsi 104, 205, 242

  Child to Child Foundation 326

  Chipstead 216, 254

  Chitepo, Herbert 4

  Christian Action 232

  Churchill, Winston

  Kgotla on delegation’s return 240

  Seretse’s exile 133–4, 148–9, 175, 210

  Seretse’s permanent banishment 214

  South Africa 281

  Cidraas, Reverend J. 237, 238

  civil disobedience see boycotts

  Clark, W. A. W.

  Bangwato delegation 226, 227

  Harragin Inquiry 95

  Kgotla boycott 135, 136, 138

  Khama baby 170

  Khamas in exile 197, 198

  removing Khamas from Bechuanaland 112, 116, 175, 179–80, 182, 184, 185

  Seretse’s permanent banishment 211, 214, 216

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 163, 164

  transfer of authority to Rasebolai 261

  and Tshekedi 212

  Tshekedi’s death 305

  Clarke, Edna Grace 21

  Collins, Canon John 232, 249, 252

  Colonial Office (CO) 74

  African independence 250, 316

  Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 263

  Gold Coast 256

  Seretse and Ruth’s marriage 21, 24, 25

  Seretse’s banishment 144–5, 214

  Tshekedi’s return proposal 213

  White Paper 113

  Commonwealth Relations Office (CRO) 74, 271–2

  Bangwato delegation 226, 233

  complaint about flogging of women 269

  Council for the Defence of Seretse Khama 252–3

  Harragin Report 109–10, 113

  Kabaka of Buganda 270–71

  Kgotla on delegation’s return 239, 240

  Khamas in London 192–3

  Naledi’s return to Bechuanaland 285

  Rasebolai 243

  and Ruth 299–300

  Seretse and Ruth’s marriage 25, 26, 54

  Seretse’s exile 120–23, 131–2

  Seretse’s permanent banishment 213–14

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 279, 283–5

  transfer of authority to Rasebolai 261

  transfer of HCTs to South Africa 281–2

  Congress Against Imperialism 264

  Constantine, Learie

  Council for the Defence of Seretse Khama 252

  discrimination against 6–7

  Fighting Committee 143, 144, 150, 151

  Gold Coast 211–12

  Kabaka of Buganda 258–9

  Ruth 84

  Tshekedi’s deposition 39

  Council for the Defence of Seretse

  Khama and the Protectorates

  251–3, 254, 264

  Council for Overseas Indians 143

  Council of Women 302, 326

  Council on African Affairs (US) 153

  Coupland, Sir Reginald 5, 9, 18, 21, 25

  Creech Jones, Arthur 22, 74–6, 109, 150, 265

  Cripps, Lady Isobel 149–50

  Cripps, Peggy 150, 256–8

  Cripps, Sir Stafford 256

  Cromer, Lord 19

  Crosse, Matthew 227

  Crossman, Richard 156

  Cry, the Beloved Country (book) (Pa
ton) 36, 81, 232

  Cry, the Beloved Country (film) 256

  Cummings, A. J. 252

  Cyprus 265

  Daily Express 52, 135, 137, 172–3, 220, 224

  Daily Herald 301

  Daily Mail 49, 52, 79, 298

  Daily Mirror 52–3, 98

  Daily Telegraph 135, 152, 220, 300

  Davies, Clem 229, 278, 284

  Devlin Commission 309–10

  diabetes 315, 316

  diamonds 323

  Douglas-Home, Alec see Home, Lord

  Driberg, Tom 156

  Du Bois, W. E. B. 12, 145, 153, 329

  Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) 77, 91–2

  Ebony 199

  Economist, The 206

  Eden, Anthony 272–3, 283, 310

  Edinburgh, University of 5

  Edward, Prince of Wales 92

  Egeland, Leif 133, 147–8, 156–7

  representations to British Government 65–6, 75, 153–5

  Elizabeth II 267, 316

  Ellenberger, Vivien

  Harragin Inquiry 96, 98, 102–3

  Jacqueline’s registration 179

  Kgotla on Seretse’s marriage 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50

  Emery, Eleanor 271–2, 299, 300

  Empire Windrush 22

  eugenics movement 20

  European Advisory Council 304

  Evans, Admiral 38, 39

  Evening Standard 255–6

  Fabian Colonial Bureau 12, 74, 265

  Fairlie, Michael 37–8, 162, 168–9, 272

  Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 10, 212, 213, 253, 263, 265, 271, 280

  Federation of South African Women 301

  First, Ruth 5

  Foot, Sir Hugh 214

  Foot, Michael 156

  Forsyth, Douglas 65, 68, 71, 97, 154–5

  Fort Hare Native University 4, 5, 10

  Foster, John 213, 224–5, 230, 238–9, 266–7

  Fraenkel, Percy

  Bangwato boycott 175, 188

  Bangwato delegation 223, 227, 238, 239

  coronation of Elizabeth II 267

  exclusion orders 179, 185

  Harragin Inquiry 95, 103, 108–9

  Kgotla to nominate new Chief 245, 260

  Seretse’s exile 117, 125, 131

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 158, 160, 165, 291

  Francistown 28

  Fraser, Sir Ian 219–20

  Freedman, Dr Mendi 163–4

  Freedom Charter (ANC) 280–81, 282

  Freud, Clement 195–6, 199, 290

  Fry, Christopher 252

  Gaberones (Gaborone) 158, 159, 180, 185, 312–13

  Gaitskell, Hugh 257

  The Gambia 311

  Gandhi, Mahatma 141

  Garner, Joe 271, 283–4

  Garvey, Amy 11, 12

  Garvey, Marcus 329

  Gemmell, Dr 163

  George VI 35

  Germond, Jean 203, 204, 234

  Gerricke, A. A. 136

  Ghana 307, 309, 310, 311

  see also Gold Coast

  Gibson and Weldon 193

  Gold Coast 8, 152, 256, 265

  Independence 288, 309

  self-government 211–12, 226, 250

  see also Ghana

  Gordon Walker, Patrick

  appointment as Commonwealth Secretary 124

  delegation on Tshekedi’s return 207, 361n

  Harragin Inquiry 97, 112–13, 155–6

  replaced as Commonwealth Secretary 210

  Seretse’s exile 125–6, 131, 132–4, 139, 140, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151

  Seretse’s marriage 73–4

  Seretse’s permanent banishment 175–7, 219

  South African representations 153–5, 156

  visits Bechuanaland 203–6, 222

  White Paper 156

  Griffiths, James 150, 193, 261, 272, 277, 284

  Grimond, Jo 252

  Guinness, Alec 252

  Haile, Reverend A. J. 23, 24, 96, 98, 162

  Hailsham, Lord (Quintin Hogg) 133, 155, 261

  Harragin, Sir Walter 42, 43

  at Inquiry 94, 95, 98, 100, 102, 104–5

  Harragin Inquiry 94–106, 222

  report 107–14, 131, 132, 155–6

  Harris, Reader 156

  Hatch, John 290, 296, 304, 306, 325

  visits Bechuanaland 269–70, 272, 273, 281

  Head, Bessie 321

  High Commission Territories (HCTs) 37, 281–3, 314–15

  see also Basutoland; Bechuanaland; Swaziland

  Hinden, Rita 265

  Hogg, Quintin see Hailsham, Lord

  Home, Lord 271, 272–3

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 279–80, 283, 284, 285, 299–300

  South Africa 282, 283

  Tshekedi’s death 305

  Huddleston, Trevor 249–50, 280

  Hudson, R. S. 95

  Huggins, Sir Godfrey

  Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 263

  and Gordon Walker 124

  Harragin Inquiry report 107–8

  Khamas leaving Bechuanaland 112, 180–81

  Ruth’s arrival in Bechuanaland 59

  Seretse’s marriage 68–70, 71, 77

  hut tax 32

  Ikitseng, Manyaphiri 45, 48, 169, 174, 175, 188, 218

  India 12, 145

  Ink Spots 15

  Inner Temple 9, 10–11

  Ismay, Lord 211, 212–13, 214, 215–17, 220

  Jagan, Cheddi 196

  Jamaica 145, 153, 214, 215, 216, 219, 220, 225

  James, C. L. R. 11

  Jameson Raid 35

  John, Augustus 252

  Joint Advisory Council (JAC) 304, 305, 310

  Joseph, Helen 301

  Jowitt, Earl 220

  Kabaka of Buganda 258–9, 264, 270–71

  Kahn, Sam 153

  Kaunda, Kenneth 4, 70–71, 325, 327, 328

  Keith, John 20–21, 25, 54, 58, 120, 123

  Kenya 33, 212, 265, 266, 280

  Independence 311

  Mau Mau uprising 8, 250–51, 264, 309

  Kenya Committee 264–5

  Kenyatta, Jomo 11, 13, 21, 251, 309, 311

  Kgamane, Keaboka

  delegation to Britain 223, 225, 227, 228–9

  Gordon Walker’s visit 203, 204–5

  Kgotla on delegation’s return 235, 236, 239, 241

  as Senior Tribal Representative 142

  Seretse’s marriage 48

  Seretse’s permanent banishment 217

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 294

  Kgamane, Rasebolai

  as Native Authority 211, 243, 245, 260, 261–2, 267, 268, 269, 273

  Seretse’s marriage 48

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 286–7, 289, 291, 292, 293–4, 295, 296, 297–8

  Tribal Council 304

  Kgari, Kgosi of the Bakwena 44, 49–50, 86

  Kgosi, Grant 51, 210

  Kgosi 28, 261

  Kgotla 29, 40

  delegation’s return 235–42

  floggings 269

  Gordon Walker’s visit 203–6

  Rasebolai 268

  Seretse’s exile 116, 117, 135–9, 140–41

  Seretse’s first Letsema 105–6

  Seretse’s marriage 40–42, 43–51, 65, 66, 99, 104, 232

  Seretse’s permanent banishment 217–18

  Seretse’s renunciation 287–8

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 292, 293–7

  to choose new Chief 244–5, 260–62

  Tshekedi’s return 207, 208

  Khama III 29–30, 35, 39, 45, 201, 323

  prohibition 86, 306–7

  South Africa 34, 222

  Zionist Church 268

  Khama, Anthony 303, 318

  Khama, Baboni 57–8

  Khama, Ella 304, 305

  Khama, Ian see Khama, Seretse Khama Ian

  Khama, Jacqueline Tebogo

  arrival in Bechuanaland 300 birth 170–71

  chil
dhood in England 191, 193, 194, 196, 221, 254, 255, 286

  independence celebrations 318

  leaving Bechuanaland 180, 185, 186

  registration of birth 178–9

  Khama, Milly 57–8

  Khama, Mmakgama 57–8

  Khama, Naledi 58

  Bangwato delegation 224, 225

  education 57

  homesickness 216

  leaving Bechuanaland 179, 185, 186

  nursing 194, 197, 199, 253

  return to Bechuanaland 285

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 291

  Khama, Oratile 58, 78, 186, 188, 291

  nominated as acting Kgosi 242, 243

  Khama, Ruth

  childhood 54–5

  in wartime 55–7

  courtship and marriage 14–21

  with Seretse in London 42–3

  alone in London 52–4

  journey to Bechuanaland 58–61

  arrival in Bechuanaland 78–86, 87–92

  pregnancy 92–3, 112

  Harragin Inquiry 100

  stays in Bechuanaland 115–18

  Seretse’s exile 126

  Churchill’s intervention 134

  Kgotla boycott 137, 139, 141

  Seretse’s return to Bechuanaland 159–60, 161, 162–8, 172–3

  Jacqueline’s birth 169–71

  in Lobatse 172–3

  decision to exile 175–7

  leaving Bechuanaland 178, 179–82, 185–8

  exile in London 191–200

  permanent banishment 211–21

  Bangwato delegation 224–5, 232

  and John Collins 232

  on Oratile 242

  in Addiscombe 254, 255–6

  1955 Labour Party conference 272

  visit by Lilian Ngoyi 273

  negotiations over return 266, 274, 277–8, 284, 285–6

  return to Bechuanaland 290, 298–301, 302–3

  twins’ birth 303

  Kenya’s Independence celebrations 311

  national elections 313

  Independence celebrations 318, 320

  as First Lady 326

  Seretse’s death 327

  after Seretse’s death 327–8

  death 329

  Khama, Seretse

  birth 29

  succession as Kgosi 30–31

  education 3–5

  victory parade 7–8

  at Balliol 5–6, 8–9, 259

  at Inner Temple 10–11, 13

  courtship and marriage 14–21, 53, 57

  South Africa 36

  with Ruth in London 42–3

  Kgotla on marriage 40–42, 43–51

  objections to installation as Kgosi 65–77

  Ruth’s arrival in Bechuanaland

  78–86, 87–92

  Harragin Inquiry 94–5, 98–9, 100–106, 107

  leaves for London 115–18

  CRO meetings 120–23, 124–7, 131–2

  exile in London 143, 144, 153, 156

  return to Bechuanaland 158–61, 162, 165–9, 172, 173–4

  Jacqueline’s birth 169–71

  decision to exile 175–7

  Jacqueline’s registration 178–9

  leaving Bechuanaland 178, 179–88

  with Ruth in London 191–200, 253, 254

 

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