Khama III (1837?-1923), also known as Khama the Good, was the kgosi (meaning chief or king) of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland (now Botswana), who made his country a protectorate of the United Kingdom to ensure its survival against Boer and Ndebele encroachments. 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Bamangwato (more correctly BagammaNgwato) people are one of the eight principal tribes of Botswana. ... The Bechuanaland Protectorate (BP) was a protectorate established in 1885 by Britain in the area of what is now Botswana. ... Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the Afrikaans-speaking migrating farmers of the expanding eastern Cape frontier. ... This article relates to the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe. ...

Khama became king in 1875, after overthrowing his father Sekgoma and elbowing away his brother Kgamane. His ascension came at a time of great dangers and opportunities. Ndebele incursions from the north (from what is now Zimbabwe), Boer and "mixed" trekkers from the south, and German colonialists from the West, all hoping to the seize his territory and its hinterlands. He answered these challenges by aligning his state with the administrative aims of the British, which provided him with cover and support, and, relatedly, by energetically expanding his own control over a much wider area than any "kgosi" before him. Not only did Khama convert to Christianity, but he ruled through many of the terms and concepts that Christianity claimed as its own, which moved him to criminalize sectarianism and to deprecate the institutions favored by traditionalists. World map of colonialism at the end of the Second World War in 1945. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...

The British government itself was of two minds as to what to do with the territory. One faction, supported by a local missionary named John Mackenzie, advocated the establishment of a protectorate, while another faction, headed by Cecil Rhodes, adopted an imperialist stance and demanded that the country be opened up to white settlement and economic exploitation. The resolution came in 1885, when the territory south of the Molopo River became the colony of British Bechuanaland, while the territory north of the river became the Bechuanaland Protectorate. The colony was eventually incorporated into Britain's Cape Colony and is now part of South Africa. Cecil Rhodes Cecil Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes (July 5, 1853 – March 26, 1902)(some sources give 3 April for his demise) was an English businessman and the effective founder of the state of Rhodesia (which was named after him). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Molopo River is located in southern Africa. ... Map of European presence in 1652 The Cape Colony was a part of South Africa under British occupation during the 19th century. ...

Rhodes continued his campaign to pressure the British government to annex what remained of Khama's territory (the Protectorate) until 1895, when Khama and three other "Bechuanaland Protectorate" rulers traveled to London to argue otherwise. The colonial administration conceded after the ill-fated "Jameson raid" of 1896. The Bechuanaland Protectorate maintained its semi-independent status until 1966, when it gained full independence as the Republic of Botswana. The first president, Sir Seretse Khama, was the grandson and heir of Khama III, and the head of Botswana's armed forces is Seretse's son, Ian Khama. 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Seretse Khama Seretse Khama (July 1, 1921 - July 13, 1980) was the first President of Botswana. ...