| Description |
1 online resource (x, 254 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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African systems of thought
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African systems of thought.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kalanga (African people) -- Botswana -- Politics and government.
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Kalanga (African people) |
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Botswana. |
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Politics and government. |
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Botswana.
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Elite (Social sciences) |
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Botswana -- Politics and government -- 1966-
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| Chronological Term |
1966- |
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Since 1966 |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Werbner, Richard P. Reasonable radicals and citizenship in Botswana. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004 0253344026 (DLC) 2003023837 (OCoLC)53361323 |
| ISBN |
0253110246 (electronic book) |
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9780253110244 (electronic book) |
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0253344026 |
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9780253344021 |
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025321677X |
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9780253216779 |
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