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British Bechuanaland was a short-lived Crown colony of the United Kingdom that existed in southern Africa from its formation on 30 September 1885 until its annexation to the neighbouring Cape Colony on 16 November 1895. [1]
The Bechuanaland Protectorate (/ ˌ b ɛ tʃ u ˈ ɑː n ə l æ n d /) was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom. It became the Republic of Botswana on 30 September 1966.
In 1885 Britain occupied southern Botswana, beginning a period of colonial rule that was extended to the northern part of the country in 1890. Thereafter, until the 1966 restoration of independence, the territory was known as the Bechuanaland.
22 sty 2009 · This article, based on private papers as well as missionary and government records, examines the development of missionary contact with the Tswana peoples from the first settlement at Dithakong in 1816 to the establishment of a formal British Protectorate.
1 sty 1998 · Chapter PDF Available. THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE PDF. January 1998. In book: Botswana Politics and Society. Publisher: Van Shaik. Authors: Jeff Ramsay....
Kenneth R. D. Manungo. The Bechuanaland Protectorate lagged behind most British African colonies in the development of its government. In 1920 a Native (later "African") Advisory Council was established, representing mainly the chiefs.
Bechuanaland geographically and ethnically enjoys almost complete unity, but politically it is divided as follows: I. British Bechuanaland, since 1895 an integral part of Cape Colony. Area, 51,424 sq. m. Pop. (1904) 84,210, of whom 92 76 were whites.
