TIL that when Chief Sechele I of the Bakwena converted to Christianity, he attempted to make peace with his uncle who ruled the other half of the tribe by sending him a gift of gunpowder. The suspicious uncle set fire to the gift, blowing himself up. This allowed Sechele to reunite the tribe.

TIL that when Chief Sechele I of the Bakwena converted to Christianity, he attempted to make peace with his uncle who ruled the other half of the tribe by sending him a gift of gunpowder. The suspicious uncle set fire to the gift, blowing himself up. This allowed Sechele to reunite the tribe.

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