Word: tshekedi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because soot-black young Chief Tshekedi of the Bamangwato tribe ordered a white man flogged, he was banished from his country by Vice Admiral Edward Radcliffe Garth Russell Evans. Acting High Commissioner for Bechuanaland (TIME, Sept...
Last week Admiral Evans was back in Bechuanaland. Thousands of grinning black tribesmen gibbered and cheered as he received Chief Tshekedi. Under the same withered figtree where the sentence of suspension had been read, the Admiral cleared his throat...
...Tshekedi," said he, "your banishment was pronounced solely because the law does not allow native courts to try white men even though the white men are living in tribal territory. We have had no thought that the white man in the case did not deserve the punishment. ... In view of your statement that you will always work in harmony and loyal cooperation with the administration His Majesty's Government have terminated the period of your suspension...
Inky black and proud of her son Chief Tshekedi, the Dowager Queen Semane of the Bamangwato tribe beamed upon Admiral Evans, sure that she had influenced King-Emperor George V to reinstate her son. When Tshekedi was disciplined she cabled to Buckingham Palace. "O King, release for me the boy!" Actually King George signed the order reinstating Chief Tshekedi on the advice (i.e. instructions) of his Dominions Secretary, bluff, hearty James Henry ("Jim") Thomas, onetime engine greaser...
While Chief Tshekedi appealed the decision to the Colonial Ministry, his mother, the Dowager Queen of Bamangwato, cabled King George...