158:. Raditladi and the Regent, both foreign-born, exercised tight control over Ngamiland and quickly aroused resentment. Their clandestine love affair also become public knowledge. In late 1950 the Regent was forced to abort Raditladi's child, an event that led Raditladi's opponents to drive him out of Ngamiland at gunpoint.
124:, the Bangwato regent accused Raditladi of adultery with his wife as well as for conspiring to bewitch him. After that Raditladi served as a colonial service clerk and quickly became the highest ranking Motswana in the Protectorate. Following his experiences with Tshekedi, Raditladi wrote his historical drama
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Elizabeth. "Naming: An aspect of character portrayal in Dintshontsho tsa lorato by LD Raditladi." Pilane, Gabaitsiwe Elizabeth. "Naming: An aspect of character portrayal in Dintshontsho tsa lorato by LD Raditladi." MA diss.,
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Wilhelmina. "An analysis of selected poems from Sefalana sa menate by LD Raditladi with reference to Riffaterre's and Lotman's semiotics." PhD diss., North-West University, 2009.
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Setswana: An evaluation of Ratitladi's Macbeth and Plaatjie's Diphosophoso." Shakespeare in Southern Africa 4, no. 1 (1990): 51-64.
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Zephorah. "Tlhotlhomisi ya dintshontsho tsa lorato: LD Raditladi (Setswana)." PhD diss., University of Pretoria, 2007.
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University: PhD diss., 1998.
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by other nationalist movements he moved to the sidelines and played a minimal role in the run up to independence in 1966.
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Matjila, Daniel Sekepe. "The social, cultural and historical aspects of Raditladi's Sefalana sa menate." PhD diss., 2009.
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