01 Jul 2019

Sir Seretse Khama was the first president of Botswana, in office from 1966 to 1980.

BORN: July 1, 1921 in Serowe

PARENTS: Tebogo Kebailele and Sekgoma Khama II

DIED: 13 July 1980

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts (Fort Hare College, South Africa); Law Education (Balliol College, Oxford, England); Barrister Studies (Inner Temple, London, England)

PUBLISHED WORKS: "From the Frontline: Speeches of Sir Seretse Khama"

SPOUSE: Ruth Williams Khama

CHILDREN: Jacqueline Khama, Ian Khama, Tshekedi Khama, Anthony Khama

NOTABLE QUOTE: "It should now be our intention to try to retrieve what we can of our past. We should write our own history books to prove that we did have a past, and that it was a past that was just as worth writing and learning about as any other. We must do this for the simple reason that a nation without a past is a lost nation, and a people without a past is a people without a soul." Ends