# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sechele-i
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:54:55.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sechele-i"
name: "Sechele I"
slug: "sechele-i"
description: "Sechele I a Motswasele \"Rra Mokonopi\" (1812–1892), also known as Setshele, was the ruler of the Kwêna people of Botswana. He was converted to Christianity by David Livingstone and in his role as ruler served as a missionary among his own and other African peoples. According to Livingstone biographer Stephen Tomkins, Sechele was Livingstone's only African convert to Christianity, even though Livingstone himself came to regard Sechele as a \"backslider\". Sechele led a coalition of Batswana in the Battle of Dimawe in 1852."
tagline: "Kgosi of the Bakwena of Bechuanaland"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sechele_Gustav_Fritsch_1865.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1810"
deathDate: "1892"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.818504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sechele_I"
    title: "Sechele I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sechele_I"
    title: "Sechele I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sechele"
    title: "Sechele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sechele_I"
    title: "Sechele I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5_I"
    title: "Сечеле I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14475748"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump