Leetile Disang Raditladi
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Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971) was a Botswana
n playwright and poet. He was born in Serowe
and got his education in Tiger Kloof, Lovedale
and Fort Hare University. He was banished from the Bangwato Reserve in 1937 after Tshekedi Khama, the Bangwato regent accused Raditladi of adultery with his wife and an attempted murder. After that Raditladi served as a colonial service clerk before being appointed Batawana Kgosi Moremi III's Tribal Secretary in 1944. In 1958 after his return to Serowe Raditladi founded the Bechuanaland Protectorate Federal Party, although he played almost no part in later politics.
Raditladi wrote several historical plays, love stories and poems. In 2008 a large impact crater on Mercury
was named Radiladi after him.
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
n playwright and poet. He was born in Serowe
Serowe
Serowe was famed as Botswana's largest village after Molepolole. Serowe has a rich history in Botswana'; it being the capital for the Bamangwato people in the early part of the 20th century and for being the birth place of many of Botswana's Presidents...
and got his education in Tiger Kloof, Lovedale
Lovedale (South Africa)
Lovedale was a mission station and educational institute in the VictoriaEast division of the Cape Province, South Africa...
and Fort Hare University. He was banished from the Bangwato Reserve in 1937 after Tshekedi Khama, the Bangwato regent accused Raditladi of adultery with his wife and an attempted murder. After that Raditladi served as a colonial service clerk before being appointed Batawana Kgosi Moremi III's Tribal Secretary in 1944. In 1958 after his return to Serowe Raditladi founded the Bechuanaland Protectorate Federal Party, although he played almost no part in later politics.
Raditladi wrote several historical plays, love stories and poems. In 2008 a large impact crater on Mercury
Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
was named Radiladi after him.