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The great cake mystery : Precious Ramotswe's very first case
Before becoming the first female private investigator in Botswana, eight-year-old Precious Ramotswe tracks down a thief who has been stealing her classmates' snacks.
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Debility and the moral imagination in Botswana
In the rush to development in Botswana, and Africa more generally,
changes in work, diet, and medical care have resulted in escalating experiences of
chronic illness, debilitating disease, and accident. Debility and the Moral
Imagination in Botswana documents how transformations wrought by colonialism,
independence, industrialization, and development have effected changes in bodily
life and perceptions of health, illness, and debility. In this intimate and powerful
book, Julie Livingston explores the lives of debilitated persons, their caregivers,
the medical and social networks of caring, and methods that communities have adopted
for promoting well-being. Livingston traces how Tswana medical thought and practice
have become intertwined with Western bio-medical ideas and techniques. By focusing
on experiences and meanings of illness and bodily misfortune, Livingston sheds light
on the complexities of the current HIV/AIDS epidemic and places it in context with a
long and complex history of impairment and debility. This book presents practical
and thoughtful responses to physical misfortune and offers an understanding of the
complex dynamic between social change and suffering.
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At home in the Okavango
An ethnographic portrayal of the lives of white citizens of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, this book examines their relationships with the natural and social environments of the region. In response to the insecurity of their position as a European-descended minority in a postcolonial African state, Gressier argues that white Batswana have developed cultural values and practices that have allowed them to attain high levels of belonging. Adventure is common for this frontier community, and the book follows their safari lifestyles as they construct and perform localized identities in their interactions with dangerous wildlife, the broader African community, and the global elite via their work in the nature-tourism industry.
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Why Botswana Prospered
Leith shows that while other African nations with resources failed to develop economically Botswana prospered because economic interests, working within a democratic political system anchored in tradition, tempered by leadership, and shaped by evolution of effective institutions, promoted growth.
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Reasonable radicals and citizenship in Botswana : the public anthropology of Kalanga elites
Are self-interested elites the curse of liberal democracy in Africa? Is
there hope against the politics of the belly, kleptocracies, vampire states, failed
states, and Afro-pessimism? In Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana,
Richard Werbner examines a rare breed of powerful political elites who are not
tyrants, torturers, or thieves. Werbner's focus is on the Kalanga, a minority ethnic
group that has served Botswana in business and government since independence.
Kalanga elites have expanded public services, advocated causes for the public good,
founded organizations to build the public sphere and civil society, and forged
partnerships and alliances with other ethnic groups in Botswana. Gathering evidence
from presidential commissions, land tribunals, landmark court cases, and his
lifetime relationship with key Kalanga elites, Werbner shows how a critical press,
cosmopolitanism, entrepreneurship, accountability, and the values of patriarchy and
elderhood make for an open society with strong, capable government. Werbner's work
provides a refreshing alternative to those who envision no future for Africa beyond
persistent agony and lack of development.
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Exchange Rate Assessment in a Resource - Dependent Economy: The Case of Botswana
The paper combines various methodologies to assessing the level of the exchange rate in Botswana, explicitly taking into account the implications of its dependency on diamond exports. Real exchange rate estimation indicates that, after a period of overvaluation, Botswana's real effective exchange rate is now broadly in line with economic fundamentals. The projected current account path is also consistent with external sustainability, defined to ensure sufficient savings of diamond wealth in order to maintain a stable import and consumption path through 2050. Sustaining consumption over the longer term will however require to address obstacles to non-diamond exports' competitiveness.
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