Letter from March 1890

This letter was written because the writer, Sebotseng, was confused by the contradictions made by Christians. The Christians say they are followers of Christ, but then the children are not taught about Christ and are left out. Many times some of the children in families are excluded from schooling. Also, Christians said children should be dressed, yet they allowed children to grow up not dressed. This letter shows the change in Batswana society. The African Batswana society started off their interactions with Europeans as not understanding them, but they eventually changed and were so understanding of Europeans that they could raise logical arguments criticizing the European methods. This provides us with the clue that the Batswana were unhappy with their European rulers who contradicted themselves and they were not afraid to share their opinions.