The impact of Seretse Khama on British public opinion 1948–56 and 1978

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Seretse and Ruth hit the headlines after their 1948 marriage, as he was deposed from chieftainship in Africa and exiled in Britain. British colonial power had given way to white racist pressures from South Africa and Rhodesia. The public storm in Britain against both Labour and Tory governments encompassed left, right and liberals in support of Seretse's inheritance and human rights, until the couple were allowed home in 1956. The storm drew public attention to the iniquities of apartheid in South Africa, to the stirrings of nationalism in Africa, and to black immigration into Britain. Many years later, in 1978, President Khama of Botswana was briefly the butt of less favourable British press and media attention.

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