Спасибо в Ratsisa
Спасибо в Ratsisa | |
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| Рожденный | 1882 |
| Умер | 1979 |
| Гражданство | Ботсвана |
| Занятие | Регент Бангвакетса |
| Years active | 1924–8 |
| Organization | Native Advisory Council |
Спасибо, Ратшоса (1882-1979 [ Примечание 1 ] ) была Motshwareledi ( регент ) из Бангвакетса, одного из восьми кланов современной Ботсваны , с 1924 по 1928 год. Она была первой женщиной, которая служила в Нативном консультативном совете Ботсване.
Биография
[ редактировать ]Нтебоганг родилась в 1882 году. Ее родителями были Гагоангве и Батуен I. Ее родители сбежали вместе в 1875 году и поженились в христианской церкви в 1890 году. [ 1 ] Выросший как христианин, Нтебоганг также получил официальное образование. [ 2 ] Ее братья и сестры включали будущего короля Сипапитсо II, который был убит их братом Моэпапитсо в 1916 году. [ 3 ] В результате их мать Гагоангве заставила Моэпапитсо, и Гагоангве взял на себя регентство, в то время как сын Сиэпапитсо II Батуен II был несовершеннолетним. [ 1 ]
Регентство
[ редактировать ]In 1923, Gagoangwe, already dying from cancer, became motshwareledi, with a determination to preserve rule for her eight-year-old grandson Bathoen II.[2] She died from cancer in the same year, but before her death she ensured that regency for Bathoen II would continue under his aunt Ntebogang Ratshosa's care.[3] Female regents were recognised in many different groups in Botswana.[4] This brought stability to the kingdom after three rulers in seven years.[3] Ntebogang appointed a council of six leaders, but worked most closely with one - Kgampu Kamodi.[3] Both Ntebogang and her mother's regencies were formally recognised by the British, who believed that they would support British interests in their kingdoms.[5] She enforced public codes of conduct, including banning the sale of fermented sorghum liquor.[2]
Agricultural Programmes
[edit]Plaques of locusts were a major issue and early in Ntebogang's reign she took measures to enable farmers to try and combat their effects.[6] She organised an extensive well-digging programme, which provided water which could dilute insecticides, as well as water for the oxen that pulled the wagons of the anti-locust teams.[2] She also extended the piped water scheme in Kanye.[3] In order to breed cattle scientifically, she established a bull camp.[3]
Health Care
[edit]Ntebogang's members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church gave her the contacts necessary to establish a healthcare system in Gangwaketse.[2] Clinics were introduced in Kanye, followed by a hospital, then further clinics in Manyana and Lehututu.[2] A tribal levy was introduced which established an NHS-style system, twenty years before its introduction in the UK.[2] Despite this success, the example of the relative scarcity of medical care compared to the population in her country was used as an example when other chiefs wanted to clarify with the British government the role of 'native doctors': "Where, then, will the majority of our people get white men's medicine? ... no other alternative than to seek the help of our native doctors, who will of course treat according to their own medical knowledge".[7]
Politics
[edit]Ntebogang was the first woman to serve on the Native Advisory Council.[8] She was outspoken there, particularly against the threat that her land in Bechuanaland might be subsumed into the Union of South Africa.[2]
In 1926 a feud developed between the Ratshosa Brothers, to whom Ntebogang was related, and regent Tshekedi Khama.[2] The Brothers had been banned from Gammangwato.[2] Ntebogang gave political refuge to the Ratshosa wives, on the understanding that they did not try to create any political intrigues.[2] This neutrality was accepted by Tshekedi Khama and in 1928, Ntebogang received 150 cattle from him, which had previously been taken by Jonnie Ratshosa.[9]
Resistance to the British Protectorate
[edit]Alongside other chiefs, Ntebogang stood up to the Resident Magistrate, appointed by the British.[10] In 1927 she protested alongside other chiefs against the Native Marriage Proclamation, which decreed that for those married under the Christian faith or British law it was the magistrate, not the chief, who had jurisdiction over the division of property in the case of divorce or death.[10] They argued this deprived the chief of a vital community role in settlement of inheritance.[10]
During the anti-locust campaigns, the Protectorate sought South African assistance.[2] However, Ntebogang believed that if the South Africans found minerals whilst digging wells, they would claim the land as their own.[2] She resisted their involvement and the work was done by the Bangwaketse and local Protectorate employees.[2]
End of Regency
[edit]As Ntebogang became increasingly outspoken against the Protectorate in 1927, and joined forces with other political leaders, her power became an increasing threat.[3] The British decided to recall Bathoen II from school, so that he could begin his reign.[3]
At the accession of Bathoen II to the kingship of the Bangwatetse in 1928, Ntebogang gave a speech in Setswana highlighting the responsibility of rule.[5] It is not just an important record of the event, but an important example of Setswana oratory.[5]
Her rule, and that of other regents like her mother and Mohumagadi Moremi, was significant as it heralded an era where women in Botswana could take an increasingly active role in politics.[11]
Ntebogang died in 1979.[note 1] She had continued to advise Bathoen II throughout his rule and had remained a staunch member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Ntebogang was the second wife of Ratshosa Motswetle, with whom she had three children.[3] After he died in 1917, she returned to GaNgwaketse, to support her mother and nephew.[3]
Ntebogang joined the Seventh Day Adventist Church in 1923, having been brought up in a different denomination.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Sources from Botswana suggest that she died in 1974.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b Edwin Lloyd (1895). Three Great African Chiefs (Khâmé, Sebelé and Bathoeng). T. F. Unwin. pp. 165–.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Weekend Post :: NTEBOGANG RATSHOSA (1882–1979), MOTSHWARELEDI OF THE BANGWAKETSE (1924–1928)". www.weekendpost.co.bw. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Morton, Fred, 1939- (2008). Historical dictionary of Botswana. Ramsay, Jeff., Mgadla, Part Themba, 1953- (4th ed.). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-8108-6404-7. OCLC 608563607.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ The Bible in Africa : transactions, trajectories, and trends. West, Gerald O., Dube Shomanah, Musa W., 1964. Leiden: Brill. 2000. p. 476. ISBN 90-04-10627-8. OCLC 44267852.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Jump up to: a b c Women writing Africa : the southern region. Daymond, M. J. (Margaret J.) (First ed.). New York. 2003. pp. 180. ISBN 1-55861-406-0. OCLC 50235100.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "The Locust Handbook".
- ^ Livingston, Julie. (2005). Debility and the moral imagination in Botswana. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-253-11149-8. OCLC 71843260.
- ^ Sheldon, Kathleen E. (2016). Historical dictionary of women in Sub-Saharan Africa (Second ed.). Lanham. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-4422-6292-8. OCLC 925498209.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Motzafi-Haller, Pnina (1994). "When Bushmen Are Known as Basarwa: Gender, Ethnicity, and Differentiation in Rural Botswana". American Ethnologist. 21 (3): 544. doi:10.1525/ae.1994.21.3.02a00050. ISSN 0094-0496. JSTOR 645920.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Crowder, Michael (1985). "Tshekedi Khama and Opposition to the British Administration of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1926-1936". The Journal of African History. 26 (2): 201. doi:10.1017/S0021853700036938. ISSN 0021-8537. JSTOR 181723. S2CID 159703764.
- ^ Mooku, Theophilus (1999). "The role of royal women in BaNgwato politics under the regency of Tshekedi Khama, 1926-1949" (PDF). Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies. 13: 47.