The Tswana
The Tswana

Author: Isaac Schapera

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-03

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1317408136

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First published in 1953 and this edition in 1991, this book was created in association with the International African Institute. Since its first publication, anthropology and African Studies have changed a great deal, but the bedrock of both remains unchanged: solid, sensitive ethnographic and historical accounts of the peoples and cultures of the continent. Part One is by Isaac Schapera whose documentation of life and times in the Bechuanaland Protectorate stands as a starkly detailed chronical of an African population in a rapidly changing world. Schapera was one of the few anthropologists who spoke frankly of the rural predicament of rural Africans under colonialism. Far from describing the Tswana as a closed or timeless ‘society’, he locates the people in their political and economic context, and in so doing, has left behind an extraordinary record. This edition of The Tswana consists of the original text to which has been added a second part by John L. Comaroff, which covers the transformation of Tswana life in Botswana and South Africa 1953-85, plus a much enlarged bibliography. Together, the parts of the book make a valuable summary of an exceedingly rich and ethnographic and historical record that will continue to serve as an indispensable tool in research and teaching.

The Tswana
The Tswana

Author: Isaac Schapera

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-03

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1317408144

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First published in 1953 and this edition in 1991, this book was created in association with the International African Institute. Since its first publication, anthropology and African Studies have changed a great deal, but the bedrock of both remains unchanged: solid, sensitive ethnographic and historical accounts of the peoples and cultures of the continent. Part One is by Isaac Schapera whose documentation of life and times in the Bechuanaland Protectorate stands as a starkly detailed chronical of an African population in a rapidly changing world. Schapera was one of the few anthropologists who spoke frankly of the rural predicament of rural Africans under colonialism. Far from describing the Tswana as a closed or timeless ‘society’, he locates the people in their political and economic context, and in so doing, has left behind an extraordinary record. This edition of The Tswana consists of the original text to which has been added a second part by John L. Comaroff, which covers the transformation of Tswana life in Botswana and South Africa 1953-85, plus a much enlarged bibliography. Together, the parts of the book make a valuable summary of an exceedingly rich and ethnographic and historical record that will continue to serve as an indispensable tool in research and teaching.

Modern Tswana
Modern Tswana

Author: Kasahorow

Publisher:

Published: 2020-02-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13:

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"Learn simple Tswana for getting around and making friends. Modern Tswana is a concise, portable and easy-to-grasp reference of the Tswana language.This kasahorow language guide includes a basic grammar of Tswana for readers and writers.Written in Modern Tswana. Modern Tswana is a simplified spelling system used to write all the varieties of spoken Tswana.Subscribe to the online magazine ""Tswana kasahorow"" to read more Modern Tswana."

The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes
The Ethnic Composition of Tswana Tribes

Author: Isaac Schapera

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-01-07

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1000323447

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First published in 1953 and this edition in 1991, this book was created in association with the International African Institute. Since its first publication, anthropology and African Studies have changed a great deal, but the bedrock of both remains unchanged: solid, sensitive ethnographic and historical accounts of the peoples and cultures of the continent.

Botswana Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development
Botswana Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development

Author: Byron A. Brown

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2020-04-16

Total Pages: 438

ISBN-13: 1527549569

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This book considers cultural heritage and the sustainable development of tourism from an African perspective, with Botswana as the main point of reference. Within the African context, Botswana is renowned for its abundance of cultural heritage and appeal to tourists. The collection reconciles the growing demand to commodify cultural heritages, the quest for cultural heritage preservation and management, and the focus on sustainable tourism development in Botswana. As such, the book is an appraisal of, and meditation on, the business-side of cultural heritage management and the value that cultural heritage resources have at a personal, local and national level. It is an exploration of the nature of Botswana’s cultural heritage, the politics and policies that underpin that heritage, the development of cultural heritage tourism as a sustainable business, the country’s cultural heritage experiences and products, and a confrontation of the hard questions about cultural heritage and the future. As an introductory text, the book gives tourists, tourism students and academics, as well as tourism entrepreneurs, policymakers, and practitioners a basis on which to make decisions.

Botswana
Botswana

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Publisher: Continental Press

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 3

ISBN-13: 9987932290

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This work is a general introduction to Botswana. It's also a study of Botswana's national identity and how the country has been able to forge unity, and maintain peace and stability since independence. The author also looks at the country's ethnic identities as well as geography and history. Botswana's ethnic diversity is not as complex as Nigeria's, for example. But the country still faces some challenges because its ethnic diversity in spite of the fact that the vast majority of the people belong to one ethnic group, the Tswana. In fact, Botswana faces some of these problems precisely because of that - one ethnic group is dominant in the country. People who are learning about Botswana for the first time will find this work to be useful.

Religion in a Tswana Chiefdom
Religion in a Tswana Chiefdom

Author: B. A. Pauw

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0429944543

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Originally published in 1960, this book is a study of religion among the Tlhaping, a rural Bantu society who were the first among the Tswana tribes to come into contact with Europeans. The religious organization of the Tlhaping has been viewed within the framework of the people’s social structure and economy. The book traces the declining influence of paganism before surveying the types of churches, their organization, activities, rituals and revelations, with particular reference to Bantu separatist churches.