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Ngwato atitudes towards Zimbabwean immigrants in the Bechuanaland Protectorate in the 1950s
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com, 2006)This article is a modest sketch of the historical background to the phenomenon of xenophobia, with which policymakers in Botswana are grappling in the early twenty-first century. It is not, however, a historical treatise ... -
Of rats, fleas, and peoples: towards a history of bubonic plague in southern Africa, 1890-1950
(University of Botswana, Research and Development Unit / http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/africanjournals/browse.cfm?colid=12, 2001)This paper examines the responses of colonial governments to outbreaks of bubonic plague in the interior, particularly that of the Bechuanaland Protectorate (Botswana) administration. Bubonic plague first reached Southern ... -
One body playing many parts-Ie Betjouana, el Negro, and il Bosquimano
(University of Botswana, Research and Development Unit/http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/africanjournals/browse.cfm?colid=12, 2002)This article talks about how the body of El Negro was stolen from southern Africa and how it was kept as an exhibit in a museum in Spain. Two French taxidermists stole the body later known as El Negro from a grave beyond ... -
Post-liberation xenophobia in Southern Africa: the case of the influx of undocumented Zimbabwean immigrants into Botswana, c.1995–2004
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis) www.routledge.com, 2007)For the last two decades, Botswana has had a reputation as a ‘country of immigration’, based on the large-scale import of skilled expatriates from Africa, Asia, and the West. This policy has been accompanied by a general ... -
Reflections on the University in Africa: the role of the past in education
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis) www.routledge.com, 2007)The colonial and postcolonial experiences of Africans reflect the myriad changes which African societies have undergone over the last few centuries. These include cultural, political and economic transformations mainly ... -
The relationship between Kenneth Koma and the Botswana Democratic Party, 1965-2003
(Oxford university press/www.oup.com, 2005)This article assesses the weaknesses of opposition in Botswana through the case of Kenneth Koma, the influential President of the Botswana National Front (BNF) from 1977 to 2001. This is done by examining the perception that ... -
The state, crop production and differentiation in Botswana, 1947–1966
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com, 2006)This article analyses the colonial government’s intervention in crop production in Botswana through the ‘progressive farmer’ scheme, from 1946 to independence in 1966. Crop production was not a highly remunerative venture ... -
Taxation in the tribal areas of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1899-1957
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)This essay examines, through taxation, the relationship between British colonial administrators, Tswana Dikgosi (chiefs) and their subjects in the Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1899 to 1957. It argues that since ... -
Tsetse and trypanosomosis control in the Okavango Delta, 1930s - 1970s
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com, 2007)The aim of this article is to examine the historical relationship between tsetse fly control, the cattle industry and game policy in northern Botswana. The article will locate the Botswana case in the context of contemporary ... -
The University in Botswana and the liberation struggle in southern Africa (1973–1980)
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis)/www.routledge.com, 2008)This article documents key aspects of the role played by university students in Botswana in the liberation struggle, from the early years of the University in the mid-1960s to the year of Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980. ...