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Kenneth Koma, the Glossary

Gaobamong Kenneth Shololo Koma (27 July, 1923 – 19 March, 2007), popularly known as KK, was a Motswana intellectual and politician who served as the president of the Botswana National Front (BNF), the main opposition party from 1977 to 2001.^[1]

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Botswana National Front politicians
Botswana independence activists
Botswana politicians
Leaders of the Opposition (Botswana)
People from Central District (Botswana)

African socialism or Afrosocialism is a belief in sharing economic resources in a traditional African way, as distinct from classical socialism.

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An authoritarian leadership style is described as being as "leaders' behavior that asserts absolute authority and control over subordinates and demands unquestionable obedience from subordinates." Such a leader has full control of the team, leaving low autonomy within the group.

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Bathoen Gaseitsiwe

Bathoen Seepapitso Gaseitsiwe (18 May 1908—3 October 1990) also known as Bathoen II was a Motswana Kgosi, jurist and politician who served as Chief of the Bangwaketse from 1928 to 1969. Kenneth Koma and Bathoen Gaseitsiwe are Botswana National Front politicians, Botswana independence activists, Botswana politicians, leaders of the Opposition (Botswana) and members of the National Assembly (Botswana).

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Bechuanaland Protectorate

The Bechuanaland Protectorate was a protectorate established on 31 March 1885 in Southern Africa by the United Kingdom.

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Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.

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Botswana Congress Party

The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is a social democratic political party in Botswana.

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Botswana Democratic Party

The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP) is the governing party in Botswana.

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Botswana National Front

The Botswana National Front (BNF) is a social democratic political party in Botswana.

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Democratization

Democratization, or democratisation, is the structural government transition from an authoritarian government to a more democratic political regime, including substantive political changes moving in a democratic direction.

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Dominant-party system

A dominant-party system, or one-party dominant system, is a political occurrence in which a single political party continuously dominates election results over running opposition groups or parties.

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Electoral fraud

Electoral fraud, sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud, or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of a favored candidate, depressing the vote share of rival candidates, or both.

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Festus Mogae

Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Botswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008.

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Gaborone South

Gaborone South is a constituency in Gaborone City represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2019 by Dumezweni Mthimkhulu, a BDP MP.

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Leader of the Opposition (Botswana)

In Botswana, the Leader of the Opposition is the person who leads the official opposition in Botswana.

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Mahalapye

Mahalapye is a town located in the Central District of Botswana.

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Member of Parliament (Botswana)

In Botswana, a member of Parliament (MP) is an individual elected to serve in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Botswana.

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Michael Dingake

Michael Kitso Dingake (11 February 1928 – 7 April 2024) was a Botswana political activist, writer and founding president of the Botswana Congress Party. Kenneth Koma and Michael Dingake are Botswana National Front politicians and members of the National Assembly (Botswana).

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Mmegi

Mmegi is an English-language national newspaper in Botswana, with occasional articles or comments in Setswana.

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National Assembly of Botswana

The National Assembly is the sole legislative body of Botswana's unicameral Parliament, of which consists of the President and the National Assembly.

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New Democratic Front (Botswana)

The New Democratic Front was a progressive political party in Botswana without parliamentary representation.

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Peter Mmusi

Peter Simako Otlaadisang Mmusi (born 16 May 1929, died October 1994) was the Vice-President of Botswana from 3 January 1983 until 1992.

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Philip Matante

Philip Parcel Goanwe Matante (25 December 1912 – 25 October 1979) was a Motswana nationalist and founder of the Botswana People's Party. Kenneth Koma and Philip Matante are Botswana independence activists, Botswana politicians and leaders of the Opposition (Botswana).

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Quett Masire

Ketumile Quett Joni Masire, GCMG (23 July 1925 – 22 June 2017), was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. Kenneth Koma and Quett Masire are Botswana independence activists.

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Rowman & Littlefield

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.

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Scientific socialism is a term which was coined in 1840 by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon in his book What is Property? to mean a society ruled by a scientific government, i.e., one whose sovereignty rests upon reason, rather than sheer will: Thus, in a given society, the authority of man over man is inversely proportional to the stage of intellectual development which that society has reached; and the probable duration of that authority can be calculated from the more or less general desire for a true government, — that is, for a scientific government.

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Seretse Khama

Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Botswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980. Kenneth Koma and Seretse Khama are Botswana independence activists.

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Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership.

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Traditionalist conservatism

Traditionalist conservatism, often known as classical conservatism, is a political and social philosophy that emphasizes the importance of transcendent moral principles, manifested through certain posited natural laws to which it is claimed society should adhere.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Koma

Also known as Gaobamong Kenneth Sholo Koma.