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Title: | Linchwe I and the Kgatla Campaign in the South African War, 1899-1902 |
Author: | Morton, R.F. |
Year: | 1985 |
Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
Volume: | 26 |
Issue: | 2-3 |
Pages: | 169-191 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | Kgatla traditional rulers Anglo-Boer wars History and Exploration Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) colonialism |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/181722 |
Abstract: | During the South African war of 1899-1902 the Kgatla people and their leader, Linchwe I, became deeply involved in fighting on Britain's side against the Boers. In the years preceding the war, part of the Kgatla were resident in the Bechuanaland Protectorate under British administration, while the other part lived in the Western Transvaal under the rule of the Zuid Afrikanische Republiek. This partition of the Kgatia into two colonial worlds was a major factor in their actions and deliberations. The author focuses special attention on the Kgatia choice between Boer and Briton, their expectations when entering the war, their actual role in the fighting and their gains from participation balanced against the cost, arguing that the Kgatia initiated military action and pursued goals independent of a simple British vs. Boer formula. Linchwe's campaign made possible in the years following the war the reunification of the Kgatia under his authority, the distribution of wealth among all his people and the reduction of colonial interference in their political lives. - Map, notes, sum. |