Khama

American

[kah-muh] / ˈkɑ mə /

noun

Sir Seretse 1921–80, Botswanan political leader: president 1966–80.

Khama British

/ ˈkɑːmə /

noun

Sir Seretse (səˈrɛtsɪ). 1921–80, Botswana statesman; the first president of Botswana (1966–80)

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Seretse Khama, the hereditary chief of Botswana’s largest tribe, became the country’s first president in 1966.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Ian Khama, the couple’s second child, likened his own recent time in South Africa to that of his father’s period away from Botswana.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

Dr. Khama Ennis, who teaches an implicit-bias class for Massachusetts doctors, sees only the best intentions in her fellow physicians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

Khama is currently in neighboring South Africa, where he faces extradition proceedings.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

On Jan went, anywhere, anywhere away from the garden of Khama and that travesty of love, as she conceived it.

From Jan and Her Job by L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker

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