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Botswana Emigrants To England
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. With a population of slightly over 2.4 million people and a comparable land area to France, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. It is essentially the nation-state of the Tswana people, who constitute nearly 80 percent of the population. The Tswana ethnic group are descended mainly from Bantu-speaking peoples who migrated into southern Africa, including modern Botswana, in several waves before AD 600. In 1885, the British colonised the area and declared a protectorate named Bechuanaland. As part of the decolonisation of Africa, Bechuanaland became an independent Commonwealth republic under its current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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"" (; "Blessed Be This Noble Land") is the national anthem of Botswana. The music was composed by Kgalemang Tumediso Motsete, who also authored the song's Setswana lyrics. It was adopted when the country became independent in 1966. Since independence, the song is sung occasionally during the country's important events such as Kgotla meetings, independence celebrations and other national events. The national anthem is highly respected to an extent that when it is sung movements are not allowed, people stand at attention, and security officers, like the police and soldiers, salute as a show of respect. History From the late 19th-century until the height of Decolonisation of Africa, decolonisation during the 1960s, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Bechuanaland (as it was then known) was a History of Botswana#Bechuanaland Protectorate, protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom within British Empire, its colonial empire. In the run up to independence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
