Semane Setlhoko Khama

Semane Setlhoko Khama (1881-1937) was the mohumagadi (queen or queen mother) of the BaNgwato of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana, and the fourth and final wife of king Khama III.[1][2][3] She married him in 1900.[3] She had five children, three of whom died young, and one of whom, Tshekedi, was regent of the BaNgwato from 1925 to 1950.[2] She was a Christian and a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, to which in 1933 she brought in the highest number of recruits.[3] She also created a branch of the WCTU called the Women's Regiment of Beer.[4] She preached to women and men in the central village meeting place, which until then had been a male political place.[4] She increased women's activism and membership in the church, and conducted church-related classes and taught women how to conduct their own classes.[4] She also promoted modern medicine and midwifery.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jack Parson (1990). Succession to High Office in Botswana: Three Case Studies. Ohio University Center for International Studies. ISBN 978-0-89680-157-8.
  2. 1 2 Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 355–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  3. 1 2 3 Kathleen Sheldon (4 March 2016). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-1-4422-6293-5.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 356–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
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