Botswana

Botswana

female
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana (Tswana: Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa. Formerly the British...
Festus Mogae

Festus Mogae

male, 70 years old
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August, 1939) is the President of Botswana. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998, and was reelected in...
Seretse Khama

Seretse Khama

male, deceased (1980)
Sir Seretse Khama KBE (July 1 1921 - July 13 1980) was the first President of Botswana.
Mompati Merafhe

Mompati Merafhe

male, 73 years old
Lieutenant General Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe (born 1936) is a Botswana politician. He is a Lieutenant-General and has been Minister of Foreign...
Tony Yengeni

Tony Yengeni

male, 55 years old
Tony Sithembiso Yengeni (11 October 1954) is a South African politician. He was an anti-Apartheid activist and joined the ANC in 1976 and later its...
Bessie Head

Bessie Head

female, deceased (1986)
Bessie Emery Head (1937-1986) is usually considered Botswana's most important writer. She was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, the child of...

Patrick Smith

male, 43 years old
Patrick Smith (born 1966) is an airline pilot, air travel columnist and author. His weekly air travel column, "Ask the Pilot", appears every Friday...
Roy Sesana

Roy Sesana

male
Roy Sesana (born around 1950 in Molapo, Botswana) is an Bushman activist who works together with the First People of the Kalahari for the rights of...
Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela

male, 70 years old
Hugh Ramopolo Masekela (born Witbank South Africa, April 4, 1939) is a South African trumpet, flugelhorn and cornet player. He began singing and...
Sheila Tlou

Sheila Tlou

female
Sheila Dinotshe Tlou is a Motswana specialist in HIV/AIDS and women's health, and a nursing educator. In 2004 she became Botswana Minister of Health.