Person

Montshiwa

c. 1815–1896 · 19th century

Montshiwa was chief of the Tshidi branch of the Barolong in southern Africa in the second half of the 19th century. He settled his people at Mafikeng and resisted the encroachment of the Transvaal Boers and the Boer statelets of Stellaland and Goshen. His appeals for British support contributed to the creation of British Bechuanaland and the Bechuanaland Protectorate in 1885.

Mentioned in 3 state histories

Barolong ChiefdomGoshenBritish Bechuanaland

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