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1 online resource (x, 254 pages) |
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African systems of thought |
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African systems of thought.
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| Contents |
Introduction: reflections and frontiers -- Postcolonial wisdom: the post-civil service and the public good -- The minorities debate -- The politics of recognition and "pressure groups" -- Cosmopolitan ethnicity, entrepreneurship, and the nation -- Official blundering and the discredited commission -- Land, clients, and tribal bureaucrats -- Bringing back the dead -- Public Officer, Public Officer Emeritus -- The making of a reasonable radical -- Epilogue: postcolonial wisdom, beyond Afro-pessimism |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Kalanga (African people) -- Botswana -- Politics and government
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Botswana
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HISTORY -- General.
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HISTORY.
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Politics and government.
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Elite
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Politik
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Regions & Countries - Africa.
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History & Archaeology.
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Botswana -- Politics and government -- 1966-
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Botswana
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Kalanga.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2003023837 |
| ISBN |
0253110246 |
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9780253110244 |
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0253344026 |
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9780253344021 |
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025321677X |
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9780253216779 |
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1282072234 |
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9781282072237 |
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