Batswana trade thrives between 1860 and 1880…
1876 CE to 1887 CE
Batswana trade thrives between 1860 and 1880 due to newly peaceful conditions.
Taking advantage of this are Christian missionaries.
The Lutherans and the London Missionary Society had both become established in the country by 1856.
By 1880 every Batswana major village has a resident missionary, and their influence slowly becomes felt.
Khama III (reigned 1875–1923) is the first of the Tswana chiefs to make Christianity a state religion, and changes a great deal of Tswana customary law as a result.
Christianity will become the de facto official religion in all the chiefdoms by the First World War.
Locations
Groups
San (Bushmen)
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Tswana people
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Kalanga people
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Bangwaketse
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Mangwato tribe
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Koena tribe
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Kololo people
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Lutheranism
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Afrikaners
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London Missionary Society
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Bechuanaland Protectorate (British)
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British Bechuanaland, Crown Colony of
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