Minorities in the millennium : perspectives from Botswana / edited by Isaac N. Mazonde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mazonde, Isaac Ncube.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Botswana--Congresses.

Minorities.

Minorities--Civil rights--Botswana--Congresses.

Ethnic groups--Civil rights--Botswana--Congresses.

Ethnic groups.

Tribes--Botswana--Congresses.

Tribes.

Ethnicity--Political aspects--Botswana--Congresses.

Ethnicity.

San (African people)--Botswana--Congresses.

San (African people).

Ethnicity--Political aspects.

Ethnic groups--Civil rights.

Minorities--Civil rights.

Botswana.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vii, 136 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Gaborone : Lightbooks, 2002.

Summary:

Of late, the demand for transparency as a fundamental feature of democracy has come to the very fore of public life in Botswana. Responding to this demand through very open argument, the contributors to this volume portray where the debate about tribes and minorities in Botswana lies, where it has come from, and where it is heading. The contributors illuminate a shift in public consciousness, and more broadly, point to the very general interest seen in both the politics of representation and the politics of recognition in this African democracy.

Contents:

Introduction / Isaac N. Mazonde

Some historical background on minorities in Botswana / Bruce S. Bennett

Ethnic identity and nationhood in Botswana / Lydia Nyati-Ramahobo

Social dynamics in a colonial situation : a Herero case-study from Ngamiland / Kirsten Alnaes

Minority languages and minority people : issues on linguistic, cultural and ethnic death in Botswana / Anderson Chebanne

The San in Botswana and the issue of subjectivities - national disintegration or cultural diversity? / Isaac N. Mazonde

Education and the San of southern Africa : the search for alternatives / Jennifer Hays

Integration and ethnic identity : a critical dilemma for the minority language speakers of Botswana / Herman Batibo

Integrating the Basarwa under Botswana's Remote Area Development Programme : empowerment or marginalization? / Duma Gideon Boko

Self-determination and minorities in Botswana : the case of the San people / Kabelo K. Lebotse

Conclusion : Citizenship and the politics of recognition in Botswana / Richard Werbner.

Notes:

"The chapters in this volume are revised versions of papers presented to the conference on 'Challenging Minorities, Difference and Tribal Citizenship in Botswana', held at the University of Botswana in May 2000 ..."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9991271244

OCLC:

50766936