Botswana Time

Author: Will Randall
Publisher: Abacus
ISBN: 0748113673
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
Will Randall travels with a purpose, as well as an outrageous sense of fortune. In INDIAN SUMMER he found himself, by chance, having the extraordinary experience of helping slum schoolchildren put on a play to help save their school. In Botswana he was taken up by a headmaster to teach a class of six year olds at The River of Life school. They are football crazy and one of Will's jobs is to take them to play neighbouring (sometimes as much as 100 miles away) schools. Camping en-route or staying in farms and rural villages, often travelling by foot or dug-out punts, thousands of antelope, elephant, buffalo and zebra follow their progress. The sound of lions, leopards and hyenas become the soundtrack of their dreams. Against all the odds they find themselves preparing for the Grand Final of the season - the titanic clash with arch rivals, Victoria Falls Primary school. Both an endearing personal story and a travel book about a little-known but highly successful country, BOTSWANA TIME will win new fans for both Will Randall and the extraordinary country of Botswana.

Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana

Author: Richard P. Werbner
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253344021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
Richard Werbner assesses the role of the Kalanga minority in Botswana. Since independence the Kalanga have dominated government and business, yet their strong values and stable social order has allowed them to forge effective alliances with other ethnic groups and to contribute to significant social improvements.

Botswana - Culture Smart!

Author: Culture Smart!
Publisher: Kuperard
ISBN: 1787022579
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
Don't just see the sights—get to know the people. Botswana is a country of contrasts. Culturally, the people are overwhelmingly Bantu, but with more than twenty different ethnic groups and over thirty languages spoken, the society is by no means homogeneous. Culture Smart! Botswana introduces you to the lives of the people. It looks at the history that has shaped the society and shows the importance of traditional customs and values for both travelers and businesspeople alike. It describes how the Batswana live, work, and play, and how to avoid the pitfalls of cultural misunderstanding. Have a richer and more meaningful experience abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on history, values, attitudes, and traditions will help you to better understand your hosts, while tips on etiquette and communicating will help you to navigate unfamiliar situations and avoid faux pas.

A Botswana Traveler’S Companion; English Setswana Phrase Book

Author: Beauty Bogwasi
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490869123
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 62

Book Description
This phrase book is a great resource for both rst time and repeat travellers to Botswana. It oers you information about the country, the people, the Setswana language, animals, birds of Botswana and essential Setswana phrases and much more! This tool adds mileage to your travel and tour experience of Botswana; the language and the culture.

Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana

Author: Julie Livingston
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253111494
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334

Book Description
In the rush to development in Botswana, and Africa more generally, changes in work, diet, and medical care have resulted in escalating experiences of chronic illness, debilitating disease, and accident. Debility and the Moral Imagination in Botswana documents how transformations wrought by colonialism, independence, industrialization, and development have effected changes in bodily life and perceptions of health, illness, and debility. In this intimate and powerful book, Julie Livingston explores the lives of debilitated persons, their caregivers, the medical and social networks of caring, and methods that communities have adopted for promoting well-being. Livingston traces how Tswana medical thought and practice have become intertwined with Western bio-medical ideas and techniques. By focusing on experiences and meanings of illness and bodily misfortune, Livingston sheds light on the complexities of the current HIV/AIDS epidemic and places it in context with a long and complex history of impairment and debility. This book presents practical and thoughtful responses to physical misfortune and offers an understanding of the complex dynamic between social change and suffering.

Death in a Church of Life

Author: Frederick Klaits
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520259653
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
"Klaits' work is not only a major contribution to the anthropology of religion and the social scientific literature on AIDS, but also a significant intervention into debates on how Africanists should approach their understandings of sociality and relatedness."--Matthew Engelke, author of A Problem of Presence: Beyond Scripture in an African Church "The reader gets the sense of being a welcome party to a close conversation. Klaits sustains a direct, clear, humane, and jargon-free voice, and we come away with a radically challenged understanding of what it means in an African church to be 'born anew'."--Richard Werbner, author of Tears of the Dead: The Social Biography of an African Family

Botswana

Author: Chris McIntyre
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 9781841623085
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 552

Book Description
Travel & holiday guides.

In Search of Gender Justice

Author: Jessica Johnson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108473709
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217

Book Description
Focusing on Malawi, Johnson proposes a shift in emphasis to gender justice as an alternative to human and women's rights.

Holy Hustlers, Schism, and Prophecy

Author: Richard Werbner
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520268539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
[Book contents:] Holy hustling -- Between the prophetic and the pastoral -- The lives of prophets and bishops -- Escalating crisis : faith and trust "under destruction"--Schism, innovation, and continuity -- Personal nearness and sincerity in prayer -- Diagnosis, reconnaissance, and fabrication -- Prescribing Christian cosmetics : moving bodies and intercorporeality -- Old and new in Chrisitian reformation -- From film to book--dianoia and noesis.

Dryland Management: Economic Case Studies

Author: John A. Dixon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134049099
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 382

Book Description
Drylands are a sizeable part of the world's potentially arable land. They vary from the hyper-arid regions of the classic deserts of Africa and Asia to the more common semi-arid and sub-humid areas that support extensive agricultural systems dependent on rainfall or irrigation. Following their successful and innovative work The Economics of Dryland Management the editors have assembled twenty case studies from nine countries in the continents of Africa, Asia, North America and Australia. They help to explore more fully the costs of land degradation and illustrate the economics of reclamation, rehabilitation and prevention. The cases in this book present a rich, varied and readable survey of a wide range of drylands and their resources. Originally published in 19990