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A United Kingdom Movie: An African Chief & His English Wife Forbidden Love

A United Kingdom Movie: An African Chief & His English Wife Forbidden Love

The back story: The Chief of the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now known as Botswana) Seretse Khama & his English wife, Ruth Williams that he married in 1948. It was a whirlwind romance. Seretse didn’t seek consent from his uncle because he knew it would be denied, but Ruth had to ask her father George, who argued that […]

World’s 2nd largest diamond: 1,111-carat found in Botswana, Africa

World’s 2nd largest diamond: 1,111-carat found in Botswana, Africa

The 1,111-carat stone was recovered from its Karowe mine, about 500km (300 miles) north of the capital, Gaborone. It is the biggest diamond to be discovered in Botswana and the largest find in more than a century. Botswana is located in Southern Africa and bordered by South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. It is a mid-sized […]