Faculty of Humanities: Recent submissions
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History and perceptions of regionalism in Botswana, 1891-2005
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis group), http://www.routledge.com, 2009)Although economic, political, ethnic and religious factors have led to regionalisms and other divides, causing civil strife and civil wars in many countries, in Botswana the north south divide existed for a long time merely ... -
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. ... -
The impact of Game Reserve policy on the river BaSarwa/Bushmen of Botswana
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2004)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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The decline in the role of chieftainship in elections
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Information transformation Africa: indigenous knowledge - securing space in the knowledge society
(Elsevier, http://www.elsevier.com, 2008)This paper reflects on factors that need to be considered for establishment of an equitable knowledge society that will secure the Indigenous Knowledge space. While information communication technology facilitates the ... -
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 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 ... -
Evolving paradigms in the networked world and their implications for information management in African libraries
(Archlib and Information Services, http:www.hwwilson.com/journals;http://www.ajol.info, 2008)The networked world is characterised by the ubiquity and ever increasing application of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in various sectors of an economy, including education, government, libraries, ... -
Missionary wives, women and education: the development of literacy among the Batswana 1840-1937
(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 ... -
The dual nature of Setswana wedding songs: expressions of peace and conflict within families
(Department of communications, Polytechnic of Namibia, 2007)Songs are very important components in the folklore of Botswana as they accompany almost all social activity. Every occasion in which people come together has particular songs for the event, including work, wedding and ... -
Community involvement in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management: an assessment from case studies in Southern Africa and elsewhere
(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 ... -
Literacy, ethnolinguistic diversity and transitional bilingual education in Malawi
(Taylor & Francis, http://www.tandif.co.uk/journals, 2006)This paper examines recent attempts by the Malawi government to introduce local languages into the primary school system and other secondary domains of national life, breaking more than 30 years of Chichewa/English monopoly. ... -
Management of "killer" indomie scare and impact on consumer confidence: a case study
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis), http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals, 2008)In May 2004, an allegation that indomie noodles were causing illness and death started making the rounds and driving fear into the minds of loyal consumers in Nigeria. After thorough investigations, NAFDAC gave De-United ... -
Nollywood films and the cultural imperialism hypothesis
(Brill academic publishers, 2008)From the viewpoint of the cultural imperialism hypothesis and its complications, the overall aim of this study was to find out if foreign films still had a stranglehold on Nigerian audience members. The findings indicate ... -
English articles and modals in the writing of some Batswana students
(Multilingual Matters and Channel View Publications, http://www.multilingual matters.com, 2007)What syntactic patterns emerge in students’ use of articles and modals? What are the reasons for these patterns? What implications do the findings of the study have for English language instruction in Botswana? Exactly ...