Mma-Besi

Mma-Besi
mohumagadi (queen or queen mother) of the BaNgwato of the Bechuanaland Protectorate,
BornMma-Besi
c. 1846

Mma-Besi or Mabisa (1846 – 1889) was a mohumagadi (queen or queen mother) of the BaNgwato of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana, and the first wife of king Khama III.[1][2] She was also known as Elisabeta Gobitsamang Khama.

  1. ^ Kathleen Sheldon (4 March 2016). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-1-4422-6293-5.
  2. ^ Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 232–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.