Historical Dictionary of Botswana
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
979-8-8818-0062-8 (ISBN)
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In October 2024, the people of Botswana watched as the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) swept the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. The UDC thus became the first ever opposition political party to win general elections with its leader, Harvard educated human rights lawyer Duma Gideon Boko becoming President. Having ruled the Botswana for 58 years since independence in 1966 few foresaw the extent of the BDP’s loss as the partyonly managed to secure four seats out of a possible 61. Under successive BDP administrations, Botswana had over the decades raised incomes and reduced poverty while expanding provision of electricity, water, education, and health services to almost all of its people. As a result the country had come to be seen as a model African democracy that owned its natural resources and plowed the profits back into the nation's development. Despite these successes, high rates of unemployment and underemployment coupled with a failure to diversify its economy led to growing discontent.
Historical Dictionary of Botswana, Sixth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, an extensive bibliography, and more than 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities and aspects of the country's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Botswana.
Jeff Ramsay is a co-founder and principal Livingstone Kolobeng College in Gaborone, Botswana and research associate with the Department of History of the University of Botswana. He has published numerous articles as well as books on Botswana's history in popular print and social media as well as in academic publications. From 2003 to 2018, he was a senior official working in Botswana's Office of the President. Bafumiki Mocheregwais a Botswana-born historian who currently teaches at the Univesity of Southern Mississippi, USA. His research centers on conflict in Southern Africa during the decolonization period, with a particular focus on the historical development and evolution of the Botswana Defence Force. He has also served as a Reviews Editor for the Journal of African Military History since 2019. Simon Bayani completed his doctoral dissertation on the history of policing in Botswana, examining its evolution from the colonial era to independence. He is a teaching and learning specialist in the School of Business at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary, Alberta, and an Adjunct Instructor in SAIT’s Open Studies Program. He also creates content for his history YouTube channel, Africa in Retrospect.
Preface
Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Bibliography
About the Author
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Historical Dictionaries of Africa |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 979-8-8818-0062-8 / 9798881800628 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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