Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sechele I a Motswasele "Rra Mokonopi" (1831–1892), also known as Setshele, was the ruler of the Kwêna people of Botswana. He was converted to Christianity by David Livingstone and in his role as ruler served as a missionary among his own and other African peoples. According to Livingstone biographer Stephen Tomkins, Sechele was Livingstone's only African convert to Christianity, even though Livingstone himself came to regard Sechele as a "backslider". Sechele led the baKwêna in the Battle of Dimawe in 1852.. }
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- Sechele_I abstract "Sechele I a Motswasele "Rra Mokonopi" (1831–1892), also known as Setshele, was the ruler of the Kwêna people of Botswana. He was converted to Christianity by David Livingstone and in his role as ruler served as a missionary among his own and other African peoples. According to Livingstone biographer Stephen Tomkins, Sechele was Livingstone's only African convert to Christianity, even though Livingstone himself came to regard Sechele as a "backslider". Sechele led the baKwêna in the Battle of Dimawe in 1852.".