Sechele I
Kgosi of the Bakwena of Bechuanaland · Historical Figures · Lived 1810 to 1892 · aged 82
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.
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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.
