Sekgoma I

Sekgoma I (1815 - 1883) e ne e le kgosi wa morafe wa BaNgwato mo makgethong a le mararo gareng ga dingwaga tsa 1834 le 1875. O tsere bogosi lantlha morago ga go tlhokafala ga ga monnawe ebong Khama II, Sekgoma o ne a ithola marapo ka ngwaga wa 1857 fa mojaboswa ebong Macheng a ne a boa. Sekgoma o ne a tshabela kwa morafeng wa BaKwena kwa Kgosi Sechele I a neng a mo fa masole, se se mo letla go tsaya setilo sa bogosi gape ka ngwaga wa 1858. O ne a lwantshana le bana ba gagwe ba basimane ebong Khama III le Kgamane ka dingwaga tsa 1860 fa ba ne ba tlhopha SeKeresete mo boemong jwa tumelo ya setso, a thankgolwa ke Macheng ka ngwaga wa 1866. Khama III o ne a busetsa Sekgoma mo setilong sa bogosi ka ngwaga wa 1873 mme a mo thankgola ka ngwaga wa 1875.

 Botshelo jwa a le mmotlana 
Sekgoma o tshotswe pele ga ngwaga wa 1815, e le ngwana wa ga Kgosi Kgari wa morafe wa BaKwena, le Dibeelane. E ne e le motsalwa le Khama II le Mokokong mo lotlhakoreng lwa ga rraabo.Williamson, David (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. II: Africa & the Middle East. Burke's Peerage. ISBN 978-0-85011-029-6. Dibeelane e ne e le mosadi o mmotlana wa ga Kgari, se se raya gore Sekgoma e ne e se mojaboswa wa ga Kgari, le gore o ne a ka tsaya bogosi fela ka mojaboswa wa boammaruri,Macheng, a ne a seo kwa Matebeleland.Gulbrandsen, Ørnulf (1995). "The King is King by the Grace of the People: The Exercise and Control of Power in Subject-Ruler Relations". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 37 (3): 415–444. ISSN 0010-4175.

 Kgosi wa morafe wa BaNgwato 
Sekgoma o ne a tlhatlhama monnawe Khama II e le kgosi wa BaKwena fa Khama a tlhokafala pele ga ngwaga wa 1834, mme a tlogelela Macheng setilo fa a boa ka ngwaga wa 1857. Sekgoma o ne a ya kwa morafeng wa BaKwena, go bolelwa e le ka a ne a tshaba gore Macheng o ka nna a mmolaya, a buisana le kgosi ya BaKwena, Sechele I go mo fa mophato wa sesole. Sekgoma o ne a boa le masole a Bakwena ka ngwaga wa 1858 a tsaya bogosi mo go Macheng. Puso ya kgatelelo ya ga Macheng, e e tshwanang le ya Matebele a kwa bokone kwa Matebeleland, e ne ya dira gore a seka a ratiwa ke batho ba maemo ba morafe wa BaNgwato ba bo ba gwetlha gore Sekgoma a boe.

Sekgoma o ne a buisana ka go tlhamiwa ga lefelo la borongwa le barongwa ba Hemmannsburg, o eteletswe pele ke Heinrich C. Schulenburg. o dirile se ka ngwaga wa 1859 morago ga gore Sechele le ene a buisane ka se mo morafeng wa BaKwena go itumedisa Maburu le go ba kganela go tlhasela.Chirenje, J. Mutero (1976). "Church, State, and Education in Bechuanaland in the Nineteenth Century". International Journal of African Historical Studies. 9 (3): 401–418. doi:10.2307/216845. ISSN 0361-7882. Sekgoma o ne a etelela pele letsholo kgatlhanong le BaTswapong ba kwa Lerala, ba ba neng ba le ka fa tlase ga puso ya BaNgwato , ka dingwaga tsa 1860 morago ga gore ba fe Macheng lefelo la botshabelo. Se se ne sa fedisa taolo ya BaTswapong mo kgaolong eo.Motzafi-Haller, Pnina (1993). "The Duiker and the Hare: Tswapong Subjects and Ngwato Rulers in Pre-colonial Botswana". Botswana Notes and Records. 25: 59–71. ISSN 0525-5090.

Sekgoma o ne a kopa thuso ya banna ba le mmalwa go ya kwa morafeng wa BaKwena ka ngwaga wa 1862 kwa ba neng ba ya go hutsa masimo a morafe oo, mme ba ne ba tshwarwa. Kgosi wa Bakwena Sechele o ne a ipusolosetsa ka ngwaga wa 1864 o ya fifing, fa a dira tlhaselo e e neng ya seka ya atlega  kgatlhanong le morafe wa BaNgwato. Sekgoma o ne a obamela melao ya tumelo ya setso, mme bana ba gagwe ba basimane ebong Khama III le Kgamane e ne e le BaKeresete ebile ba gana go tsaya karolo mo ngwaong ya bogwera. Sekgoma o ne a romela banna go hutsa Khama fa a gana ka ngwaga wa 1865, mme Khama o ne a sa dumele mo boselamoseng jo ba neng ba supa ba na le bone mo tumelong ya setso. Kgotlhang e ne ya golela pele gore e bo e bake ntwa ya selegae ka ngwaga wa 1866, mme Sekgoma o ne a thankgolwa mo bogosing ke Macheng ngwaga one oo. Ka ngwaga wa 1873, Sekgoma o ne a busediwa mo bogosing ke ngwana wa gagwe Khama, o a neng a eteletse pele thankgolo ya ga Macheng ka ngwaga wa 1872. Sekgoma o ne a thankgolwa ke Khama ka ngwaga wa 1875.

 Loso le boswa 
Sekgoma o tlhokafetse ka ngwaga wa 1883 kwa Serowe. Sekgoma o ne a nyetse basadi ba le lesome le motso, a na le bana ba le lesome le borataro mo botshelong jwa gagwe: Khama III, Kgamane, Seretse, Kebailele, Mphoeng, Mokhutshwane, Ikitseng, Seeletso, Moloi, Nkate, Rraditladi, Ramorotong, Seropola, Badirwang le Baudube.

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