A Marriage of Inconvenience: The Persecution of Ruth and Seretse Khama - Brossura

Dutfield, Michael

 
9781631681011: A Marriage of Inconvenience: The Persecution of Ruth and Seretse Khama

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In 1948, a young white English woman, Ruth Williams, made headline news all over the world. For she had met, fallen in love with, and married Seretse Khama, an African prince and heir to the chieftainship of a tribe of more than 100,000 people-the Bamangwato. At first, the marriage was no more welcome in Africa than in government circles in London. Within a year of their wedding, the young couple had provoked an astonishing series of events that had never been explained. The British government was determined to prevent Seretse taking his rightful place at the head of his tribe. The Bamangwato, to their credit, accepted the marriage and welcomed Ruth as their queen. Attlee's Labour government embarked on what appeared to be a vendetta against them, robbing Seretse of his birthright and his people of their chief. In the process, Seretse and Ruth were forcibly separated while she awaited the birth of their first child. Now having access to Ministerial telegrams and Cabinet documents, the author can tell the full story. Includes an index and photos provided by Lady Ruth Khama.

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9780044404958: Marriage of Inconvenience: The Persecution of Ruth and Seretse Khama

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ISBN 10:  0044404956 ISBN 13:  9780044404958
Casa editrice: Unwin Hyman, 1990
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