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Of liquor and Botswana
One of the most amazing things about this nation is that liquor, the very thing that saved us, now threatens to destroy us. Were it not for liquor, Botswana as we know it, could have been ruled by the ruthless Cecil Rhodes and his British South African Company. Rhodes and his company drove Lobengula, the king of the Ndebeles, away from his capital, now called Bulawayo, and brought along with them European liquor that reduced the locals to drunkards.Where do artistes get their inspiration?
During a recent Pan-African event in Uganda, one Malawian poet was asked where he got his inspiration.BOOK REVIEW
Wizard of the Crow by Ngugi wa Thiongo - Part I
In his latest novel, Wizard of the Crow, Ngugi wa Thiongo exposes the workings of international capital and its controlling institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank and how the might of capital impacts on the individual, the community and in the emerging state in Africa today. 'The most outlandish movie of the year'
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'The most outlandish movie of the year'
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit GloriNation of Kazakhstan" (2006) a.k.a "Borat" is coming soon to the New Capital Cinemas
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