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King Khama, Emperor Joe and the Great White Queen: Victorian Britain Through African Eyes Book

In 1895 three Bechuana chiefs from southern Africa traveled to London to implore Queen Victoria not to turn their territories over to the empire builder Cecil Rhodes. King Khama and his associates won a few concessions, but they were ultimately unsuccessful. In their travels, however, they helped sway British public opinion to a more sympathetic view of indigenous issues in Africa, especially by favorably impressing the liberal clergy. Basing his account of the Bechuana leaders' tour of Great Britain on contemporary newspaper reports, Neil Parsons carefully reconstructs their itinerary, which included a strange stop at Madame Tussaud's famous wax museum. King Khama, Emperor Joe, and the Great White Queen is more than a narrative of events: in its pages, Parsons does a fine job of discussing the contradictions of imperial rule and of competing ideas of power and justice. Read More

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    In 1895 three African chiefs, dressed in the finest British clothing available, began a tour of the British Isles. That tour foiled Cecil Rhodes' grand plan for Africa and culminated in the Chamberlain Settlement, the document that indirectly led to the independence of present-day Botswana. Through newspaper clippings and archival materials, historian Neil Parsons tells the story of this bizarre journey, one of the most neglected events in British Victorian history. 37 line drawings. 3 maps.

  • 0226647455
  • 9780226647456
  • N Parsons
  • 21 January 1998
  • Chicago University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 340
  • 2nd
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