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Indeed, some 30,000 Bechuanas depend on employment in the South African gold fields for a livelihood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before Nick could fairly realise to himself his own success, the Bechuanas had surrounded the carcass, and were greeting the two boys with shouts of admiration and approval.

From Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by Adams, H.C.

The Bechuanas, for example, are divided into crocodile-men, fish-, ape-, buffalo-, elephant-, and lion-men, and so on.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan

With the Bechuanas the mother of the chief is present at all councils, and he can hardly decide anything without her consent.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman

For the sake of procuring three or four antelopes for food, with the least trouble, the Bechuanas had destroyed a whole herd.

From The Giraffe Hunters by Reid, Mayne