Twenty Years in Khama Country and Pioneering Among the Batuana of Lake Ngami

by J.D. Hepburn

Overview

An eye-witness account of Khama's struggle for power and a testimony to the leadership and sagacity of khama in church and state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714618708
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1970
Series:	Cass Library of African Studies Missionary Researches and Travels Series , #7
Edition description:	3rd ed. [i.e. 2nd ed. reprinted
Pages:	436
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY. KHAMA BECOMES CHIEF • CHAPTER II KHAMA TESTS HIS PEOPLE, AND HIS CHIEFTAINSHIP IS ESTABLISHED CHAPTER III THE STORY OF THE FIRST JOURNEY TO LAKE NGAMI. CHAPTER IV MORE ABOUT THE LAKE MISSION CHAPTER V TRUMPET CALL TO THE HOME CHURCHES, WITH A TEN YEARS' RETROSPECT CHAPTER VI THE LAST RAIN-MAKING AND OTHER HEATHEN RITES IN SHOSHONG, AND THE DRINK DEVIL TURNED OUT CHAPTER VII DEATH OF THE REY. JOSEPH COCKIN AND THE BAMANGWATO CHURCH PASSING ON THE WORD OF LIFE CHAPTER VIII THE SECOND VISIT TO THE BATAUANA CHAPTER IX ENCOURAGEMENTS IN BOTH CHURCHES, BAMANGWATO AND BATAUANA CHAPTER X DISAPPOINTMENTS AND WAR CHAPTER XI SORROW UPON SORROW. THE FOURTH AND LAST LAKE JOURNEY CHAPTER XII THE REMOVAL OF THE TRIBE FROM SHOSHONG TO PALAPYE, CHAPTER XIII BRIEF GLIMPSES OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. CHAPTER XIV LAST LETTERS TO HIS FAMILY •CHAPTER XV CONCLUSION