Which founding father and first president of Botswana was once exiled from his country for his controversial marriage to Ruth Williams, a white British woman?

Seretse Khama

Khama was the heir to the kingship of the Bamangwato people, and his interracial marriage faced intense opposition from both the British colonial government and apartheid-era South Africa. He eventually renounced his claim to the throne to lead Botswana to independence as a democratic republic.