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About Motsamai Mpho
- Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho (February 3, 1921 – November 28, 2012) was a Motswana activist and politician.
- He founded Botswana's first political party in 1960, the Botswana People's Party, then known as the Bechualand People's Party, alongside Klaas Motshidisi, Kgalemang Motsete, and Philip Matante.
- However, due to conflict within the party, Mpho left and founded the Botswana Independence Party in 1964.
- He also served as a member of the National Assembly.
- Some historians believe that Mpho was the first to introduce the term 'Botswana' into formal political vocabulary, replacing the colonialist name of Bechuanaland.He married his wife, Onalepelo Hannah Macheng, on 7 July 1960, whilst incarcerated in Pretoria Prison for treason in South Africa.Mpho was among the first to sing the Botswana national anthem after returning to Botswana following a pan-Africa conference in Ghana in 1972.Mpho died at Princes Marina Hospital in Botswana on November 28, 2012.
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