Research articles (Dept of History): Recent submissions

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  • The decline in the role of chieftainship in elections 

    Barei, G. (University of Botswana, Research and Development Unit/http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/africanjournals/browse.cfm?colid=12, 2000)
    This article focuses on three districts of Botswana, namely Central District, Ngwaketse District and Kgatleng District. It argues that as a result of the role played by the institution of chieftainship in elections, ...

  • One body playing many parts-Ie Betjouana, el Negro, and il Bosquimano 

    Parsons, N. (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 ...

  • Comparative aspects of farm labour in twentieth century Botswana 

    Morapedi, W.G. (Routledge (Taylor and Francis) www.routledge.com, 2007)
    This article focuses mainly on the Tuli block and Ghanzi farming areas because they were and still are the most economically viable. The aim of this article is to draw a comparison between the labour situation in Ghanzi ...

  • The relationship between Kenneth Koma and the Botswana Democratic Party, 1965-2003 

    Makgala, C.J. (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 ...

  • Tsetse and trypanosomosis control in the Okavango Delta, 1930s - 1970s 

    Bolaane, Maitseo M.M. (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 state, crop production and differentiation in Botswana, 1947–1966 

    Morapedi, Wazha G. (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 ...

  • Missionary wives, women and education: the development of literacy among the Batswana 1840-1937 

    Mgadla, P.T. (Research and Development Unit, University of Botswana, 1997)
    This paper is about the introduction of western education by Missionaries in Africa. These European Missionaries left their homes for religius reasons, to convert the "heathens" to the christian religion. Convertion to ...

  • Community involvement in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management: an assessment from case studies in Southern Africa and elsewhere 

    Chirikure, S.; Pwiti, G. (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
    Community archaeology has conferred an alternative dimension on conventional archaeology and heritage management, empowering previously powerless peoples, particularly the indigenous and local communities that have lost ...

  • Migrant labour and the Peasantry in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1930-1965 

    Morapedi, W.G. (Taylor & Francis, 1999)
    This article grapples with issues that have largely remained outside the realms of migrant labour studies in colonial Botswana: the positive input of migrant wages to agricultural production and the effects of migrant ...

  • The Impact of Game Reserve Policy on the River BaSarwa/Bushmen of Botswana 

    Bolaane, M. (Blackwell Synergy; The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com, 2004-08)
    The aim of this paper is to present a background discussion on the impact of game reserve policy on Bugakhwe, " River BaSarwa" (Bushmen/San people) in Eastern Ngamiland. The issues of local community ownership and its ...