INFORMATION/PUBLICATIONS 2010 Budget
Speech Baseline
study on bilateral relations between Sweden and Botswana
(Dec. 2009) 2009 State
of the Nation Address Botswana
General Elections - 2009
Publications 
Tsodilo Hills
Copper Bracelet of the Kalahari
Edited by: Alec Campbell,
Larry Robbins, Michael Taylor Tsodilo Hills is a richly illustrated account
one of the world's oldest and most beautiful historical sites: For 100,000 years,
inhabitants of Botswana's Tsodilo Hills region left behind a record of their gathering
wild foods, hunting, fishing, mining, rock painting, cattle herding, and metalworking,
as well as of their participation in a coast-to-coast trade network. During the
past 30 years, archaeologists, paleontologists, historians, and anthropologists
have worked at Tsodilo. Here is the Tsodilo story, the Hills' revelations brought
together in one volume, beautifully illuminated by more than 150 color plates
and maps. For scientists, this work brings together decades of research at a site
in the Kalahari that was virtually unknown until the late 1970s. Tsodilo Hills
also offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of the Kalahari Desert to the
general reader, as well as an unsurpassedguide to an extraordinary world to the
desert's many tourists.
(from: Michigan
State University Press)
 Tedags
för normalt byggda damer
Alexander McCall Smith
Mma Ramotswe
konfronteras med det okända när hon får i uppdrag att hitta en
förrädare i ett fotbollslag. Hon lär sig att små pojkars
kunskap kan vara mycket värdefull och hon får dricka te i många
främlingars kök innan hon förstår hur allt hänger ihop.
Mma Ramotswe tvingas också komma över en stor personlig förlust
samtidigt som hon får stötta Mma Makutsi, som tror att hennes fästman
ska överge henne. Damernas detektivbyrå får rycka in och bevisa
att allt inte går rätt till på sängavdelningen i fästmannens
affär.
(from: bokus.com)
 Culture
Smart - Botswana
Michael Main
"Culture Smart! Botswana"
provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behaviour in Botswana,
ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies,
and sensitive issues. This concise guide will tell you what to expect, how to
behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge
will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident
in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business
relationships.
(from: bokus.com)
 Som
en osynlig sten i mitt hjärta -
om hiv och aids i Sverige och världen
The
456-page book "Like an invisible stone in my heart-about HIV and AIDS in
Sweden and the world" (authored by Donald Boström and Mats Ögren
Wanger and published by Leopard, in Swedish) was launched at the 2009 book fair
in Gotenburg. Neo
Chitombo, a Motswana, participated in the book with a chapter "I'm
Miss Stigma Free" and took part in seminars about stigma and HIV/AIDS with
author Henning Mankell, Professor Lars Olof Kallings and Mona Sahlin, Swedish
political leader. Another Motswana contributor is Nnunu Phaphe, who wrote a chapter
"Stigma is the biggest infection spreader". The book, with a foreword
by former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, received contributions from Swedish
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae,
different experts on HIV and AIDS and 20 people from different countries, living
with HIV/AIDS. For more information, contact Mats Ögren Wanger (mowanamedia@telia.com)
 Mma
Ramotswe's Cookbook
Launched in Edinburgh, Scotland, on December 2,
2009, Mma Ramotswe's Cookbook compiles recipes from Botswana, with "nourishment
for the traditionally built". With a foreword by author Alexander McCall
Smith, creator and friend of Botswana's beloved Mma Ramotswe, the book has recipes
that relate to global culinary tastes and to ingredient requirements specific
to Botswana. In his foreword, Alexander McCall Smith, who provided permission
for the production of the book, writes, "The cuisine of sub-Saharan Africa
is not widely known in the world. This book is to be welcomed in redressing that
situation and in bringing to the attention of the readers some of the tasty dishes
which the cooks of Africa - many of them women very much like Mma Ramotswe - feed
their families." The author, Stuart Brown, introduces the book by saying,
"I hope that you will enjoy this book, whether as a companion to McCall Smith's
stories; for the beautiful photography [by Mats Ögren Wanger and Ulf Nermark]
and design; as a stove-side recipe guide; or a gentle encouragement to explore
Botswana." The author states that royalties from the sale of the book
will go to good causes in Botswana. For more information contact Mats Ögren
Wanger (mowanamedia@telia.com)
 Bastu
i Botswana
..innehåller 26 betraktelser skrivna av Ove Andersson
under hans tid i Botswana 1980-84. Dessa publicerades i SIDAs "Newsletter"
i Gaborone. För den som vill göra en nostalgisk resa och dessutom läsa
detta tidsdokument om biståndet och annat för mer än 30 år
sedan i Botswana, går boken att beställa genom att skicka ett mail
till Ulla Odqvist (gunnur46@hotmail.com)
och uppge namn och postadress så meddelar hon dig var pengarna ska sättas
in.
Priset är 200 kr + emballage och porto 50 kr, totalt 250 kr/bok.
"BASTU i BOTSWANA" (Sauna in
Botswana) ……. …. contains 26 stories and reflections, written
by Ove Andersson when he was Head of the Department of Town and Regional Planning
in 1980-1984. His stories were published in SIDA's "Newsletter" in Gaborone.
If you would like to buy this "tidsdokument", which reflects Swedish
development assistance and other personal reflections on life in Botswana, contact
Ulla Odqvist at gunnur46@hotmail.com. "Bastu i Botswana costs 250 SEK, packing
and postage incl.
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