The Bechuanaland Protectorate (/ˌbɛtʃuˈɑːnəlænd/) mai kariya ne da aka kafa a ranar 31 ga Maris 1885 a Kudancin Afirka ta Ingila . Ya zama Jamhuriyar Botswana a ranar 30 ga Satumba 1966.
Mishan na Scotland John Mackenzie (1835-1899), wanda kungiyar London Missionary Society (LMS) ta tallafawa, ya zauna a Shoshong daga 1862 zuwa 1876. Ya yi gargadin cewa 'yan Afirka suna fuskantar barazanar Boers da ke mamaye yankinsu daga kudu. Ya yi kamfen don kafa abin da ya zama Bechuanaland Protectorate, don a mallake shi kai tsaye daga Burtaniya. [1]Afirka ta Kudu: Losing It ko Ruling It (1887) shine labarin Mackenzie game da abubuwan da suka haifar da kafa mai kariya. A cikin tasirin Mackenzie, a watan Janairun 1885 gwamnatin Burtaniya ta yanke shawarar aika da balaguron soja zuwa Afirka ta Kudu don tabbatar da ikon mallakar Burtaniya a kan yankin da ake hamayya. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Warren (1840-1927) ya jagoranci rundunar sojojin Imperial 4,000 a arewacin Cape Town. Bayan yin yarjejeniya tare da shugabannin Afirka da yawa, Kanar Warren ya ba da sanarwar kafa mai kariya a watan Maris na shekara ta 1885. [2] A watan Satumba na wannan shekarar an ayyana kasar Tswana a kudancin Kogin Molopo a matsayin mulkin mallaka na Biritaniya Bechuanaland . Mackenzie ya bi Warren, kuma Afirka ta Kudu ta ƙunshi cikakken bayani game da balaguron.[3]
Tsaro na Bechuanaland
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