Discuss the reasons why Lewanika and Khama decided to collaborate with the British.

The question requires that candidates offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range or factors involved in the decisions of Lewanika and Khama to collaborate with the British. Candidates may note that many of the reasons for collaboration were similar. Both ruled over strong kingdoms, which meant that the British would find it costly to defeat them by military force. In each case leadership was undisputed, meaning that there would be no internal opposition to collaboration. Each leader was influenced by Christian missionaries, and each anticipated that collaboration might result in gains over regional rivals. Candidates may argue that as the stronger power it was the British, and not Lewanika or Khama, who decided that they would become collaborators and not resisters. Candidates may adopt a comparative approach, or alternatively one where the decisions of Lewanika and Khama are discussed separately.