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Galeshewe

c. 1840–1927 · 19th century · Also known as Kgosi Galeshewe

Galeshewe was a chief of the Batlhaping in the northern Cape, South Africa, who resisted colonial expansion. He took part in a rising in 1878 and led a further rebellion in 1896–1897, after cattle were shot during the rinderpest epidemic. He was captured and imprisoned, and the Galeshewe township in Kimberley is named after him.

Galeshewe
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Batlhaping Chiefdom

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Galeshewe. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/galeshewe
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