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.

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Gaborone South-East Botswana View →

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San (Bushmen) View → Tswana people View → Kalanga people View → Bangwaketse View → Mangwato tribe View → Koena tribe View → Kololo people View → Lutheranism View → Afrikaners View → London Missionary Society View → Bechuanaland Protectorate (British) View → British Bechuanaland, Crown Colony of View →

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Commerce View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View → Movements View →

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