"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"
"Tears of the Giraffe"
"Morality for Beautiful Girls"
"The Kalahari Typing School for Men"
"The Full Cupboard of Life"
"In the Company of Cheerful Ladies"
"Blue Shoes and Happiness"
-> overview and extracts of each novel http://www.randomhouse.com/features/mccallsmith/books.html
My son stole a car. What shall I do?
--Worried Wanda
Dear Worried Wanda:
It is very sad when your child does something like that.
That boy is still your son, and nothing can change that.
But if you go to him and say: I know that you are a car
thief, then he will probably lie about it. So I think you
should say to him: Somebody has said to me that you have
stolen a car. I said to them: That cannot be true. My boy
is too kind in his heart and would never do a thing like
that. He would never want to take another person's car. He
would never want to do that. That may make your son think
about what he has done. If you can get people to think
about what they have done, then they sometimes change, a
little. But that is the only way.
Source: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/mccallsmith/ask.html
ASK THE AUTHOR - MMA RAMOTSWE ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS!
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Q: How have these books been received in Botswana? What about
other parts of Africa?
A: I was recently in Botswana and I was delighted to find that
people there liked the books. I was worried that they might have
reservations about an outsider writing about their society. No.
They appear to like the way in which their world is portrayed. I
believe that they recognize themselves in them.
Source: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/mccallsmith/features_author_qa.html
Author Q & A
What's What and Who's Who in THE NO. 1 LADIES'
DETECTIVE AGENCY: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/mccallsmith/features_glossary.html
"Reading the No.1 Ladies' Detective Series is
like listening to granny's bed time story. So wise and so
comforting. Can't wait for the next installment!" |customer
review amazon.uk|
Great minds detect alike
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Alexander McCall Smith
2004, Abacus
242 pages
Reviewed by Richard Bartlett
--> http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com/Review.asp?offset=15&book_id=131
A woman, and a detective
The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series (The No.1 Ladies Detective
Agency; Tears of the Giraffe; Morality for Beautiful Girls; The
Kalahari Typing School for Men; The Full Cupboard of Life)
Alexander McCall Smith
1999-2003, Abacus
pages
Reviewed by Richard Bartlett
--> http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com/Review.asp?book_id=82
Bushmen and Diamonds - (Un) Civil Society in Botswana
Good, Kenneth
DISCUSSION PAPERS
ISBN: 91-7106-520-2
Published: 2003
Price: 90 SEK/ approx. 9 EURO
Description
Botswana's democracy is often considered to be a comparatively
advanced and positive example of an African state in terms of
political culture and the notion of "good governance".
This paper challenges the assumption that the country's current
political and socio-economic system is, in fact, exemplary. It
highlights some of the limitations by focussing on the particular
situation of the Bushmen/San as a margina-lized minority denied
citizens' rights and losing out against the material interests
accompanying the exploration and exploitation of diamonds, the
most lucrative natural resource contributing to Botswana's "success
story".The author has on previous occasions presented and
published related analyses within the research network on "Liberation
and Democracy in Southern Africa" (LiDeSA), which is
currently coordinated through the Nordic Africa Institute. This
publication is another result of the collabora-tion within this
project.
Kenneth Good is Professor in the Department of Political and
Admini-strative Studies at the University of Botswana in Gaborone.
His interests focus on the state in relation to development and
class formation, democratisation and corruption/mismanagement. He
has published widely in scholarly journals and books.
Source: http://www.nai.uu.se/publications/books/book.xml?id=25090
review: http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com/Review.asp?book_id=110
Download: http://www.nai.uu.se/publications/books/book.xml?id=25090
Webpages:
BBC-News, " Botswana: Africa's success story?" (by
Peter Biles)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4318777.stm>
(10-03-06)
Department of Tourism, "Culture and History"
<http://www.botswana-tourism.gov.bw/culture_and_his/culture_and_his.html>
(19-02-06)
Department of Tourism, "Customs and Religion"
<http://www.botswana-tourism.gov.bw/culture_and_his/customs.html>
(19-02-06)
Department of Tourism, "People"
<http://www.botswana-tourism.gov.bw/culture_and_his/people.html>
(19-02-06)
Embassy of the Republic of Botswana, "Beliefs, Values and
Practices"
<http://www.botswanaembassy.or.jp/culture/body3.html>
(10-03-06)
GEO, "Sozialforschung: Aids in festen Beziehungen",
22nd March 2004
<http://www.geo.de/GEO/medizin_psychologie/gesundheit/2004_03_GEO_skop_aids/index.html>
(06-03-06)
Heinz-Kühn-Stiftung, "Frauen in Botswana: 'We make a lot
of noise!' " (by Regina Rohde), 2002
<Link>
(18-03-06)
KOSA -- Koordination Südliches Afrika e.V., " Die
Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele im Südlichen Afrika, Botswana"
<http://www.millennium-entwicklungsziele.de/pages/botswana/ziel01.htm>
(18-03-06)
Mail and Guardian Online, "The traditionally built
detective" (by Marcel Berlins), December 2003
<http://www.chico.mweb.co.za/art/2003/2003dec/031205-detective.html>
(17-02-06)
Powell's Books, " Red Bush Tea with Alexander McCall
Smith" (by Dave Weich), 6th May 2004
<http://www.powells.com/authors/smith/html> (17-02-06)
Project of the Migration Policy Institute, "COUNTRY
PROFILES, Botswana's Changing Migration Patterns" (By Kate
Lefko-Everett), September 2004
<http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?ID=246>
(10-03-06)
Random House, "About Alexander McCall Smith"
<http://www.randomhouse.com/features/mccallsmith/about.html>
(17-02-06)
Random House, "Alexander McCall Smith, About the Author"
<http://www.randomhouse.com/features/mccallsmith/main/author.html>
(17-02-06)
The Book Reporter Network, "Alexander McCall Smith/Author
Talk", 2004
<http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-smith-alexander-mccall.asp>
(17-02-06)
The Government of Botswana Web Site, "Economic
Information"
<http://www.gov.bw/business/index.html> (19-02-06)
The Government of Botswana Web Site, "Stability and
Financial Strength"
<http://www.gov.bw/gem/index.html> (19-02-06)
Wikipedia, "Botswana Pula"
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pula_%28currency%29>
(10-03-06)
Wikipedia, "Demographics of Botswana"
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Botswana>
(10-03-06)
Wikipedia, "Economy of Botswana"
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Botswana>
(10-03-06)
United Nations, "Botswana's high-stakes assault on
AIDS" (by Roman Rollnick), September 2002
<http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/vol16no2/162aids2.htm>
(08-03-06)
thanks to e.a.
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