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Bechuanaland ( bĕchŏŏ-ä'nā́ or bĕk'ū-ă'na-lănd ), is a native territory in South Africa annexed to Cape Colony in 1895. It contains 51,524 square miles and a population (estimated for 1908) of 94,608, of whom 9,608 were whites. It is traversed by the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad. Bebel, Ferdinand August. Return to the top of the page.
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.
A name applied to the territory in southwestern Africa inhabited by the Bechuanas (q.v.) (Map: Cape Colony, H 4). It includes the Crown colony of Bechuanaland, annexed to Cape Colony since 1895, and the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
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.
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...
The paper recounts the fascinating story of some African chiefs (dikgosi) in what was then Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) who used their meagre resources in 1946 to block the incorporation of another colonial territory (Namibia) into the.
1 sty 1989 · Between March 1885 and September 1966, Botswana was established as the Bechuanaland Protectorate by the United Kingdom. Named after the majority ethnic group, the Tswana, local rulers were ...
