Tlou! Tlou! The Elephant-Singers of Botshabelo

The book tells the story of the Batloung, a Batswana tribe of Southern Africa, from the early nineteenth century to ca. 1960. It provides historical insight into the Batloung's ancient customs, practices and beliefs and describes the experiences that shaped the people. It tells of wars, of disruption, of the wanderings of a homeless nation and of their first encounter with the white people who came to settle in South Africa. The book deals with how the Gospel affected the Batloung, and how ...