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Pragmatics of letter writing in Setswana
(Elsevier http://www.elsevier.com, 2008)
Using a corpus of about 200 letters written during the time that Botswana was a British protectorate
(1885–1966) by and to the British administrators on one hand, and letters written to and by Batswana
(natives of Botswana) ...
Styles and levels of acting in Zimbabwean traditional performances
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)
In this paper, I intend to support Schechner's (1988:197) argument that "to be in trance is not to be out of control", and that in trance or possession the performer does exhibit elements of acting. Schechner mentions that ...
Of "disinclined trains and clever actors to be admired and not followed": Sol Plaatje, William Shakespeare and the dilemma of the African intellectual 1894-1920's
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)
This paper explores the dilemma of the emergent African intellectual, activist or modern leader by focusing on Sol Plaatje's experiences. It shows that by acquiring western education and values, the African intellectual ...
In the fathers' house: resistant alterity and the law of the father in the Tempest, Othelo and Titus Andronicus
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)
The paper offers a reading of Shakespeare's the Tempest, Othelo and Titus Andronicus that sees the plays' black characters as disporic protagonists seeking alternative constructions of difference from those that are demanded ...