stories from botswana

inside - THE EXTENT TO WHICH DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES HAVE BEEN ENTRENCHED IN BOTSWANA AND THE ALMOST CLASSLESS STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIETY.
outside - THE ELECTIONS OF 1994 WHICH, BY AFRICAN STANDARDS, WAS THE LEAST ACRIMONIOUS I HAVE EVER WITNESSED.
future - BUT FOR THE SCOURGE OF HIV/AIDS, THE SOCIETY WOULD HAVE SURPASSED THE PRESENT-DAY UNITED STATES.

DR. AKINTAYO ADEDOYIN <adedoyin@noka.ub.bw>
GABORONE, BOTSWANA - Wednesday, February 05, 1997 at 16:28:50 (GMT)


inside - The fact that most of the populus are not entirely honest with each other
outside - Rwanda and its genocide
future - With the internet we can only improve communications between each other

Mark de Jong <hi-tech@info.bw>
Gaborone, Botswana - Monday, December 16, 1996 at 14:29:21 (GMT)


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