Historical Dictionary of Botswana

Jeff Ramsay is a co-founder and principal at Livingstone Kolobeng College in Gaborone, Botswana and research associate with the Department of History of the University of Botswana. He has published numerous articles as well as books on Botswana's history in popular print and social media as well as in academic publications. From 2003 to 2018, he was a senior official working in Botswana's Office of the President.Bafumiki Mocheregwa is a Botswana-born historian who currently teaches at the Univesity of Southern Mississippi, USA. His research centers on conflict in Southern Africa during the decolonization period, with a particular focus on the historical development and evolution of the Botswana Defence Force. He has also served as a review editor for the Journal of African Military History since 2019.Simon Bayani completed his doctoral dissertation on the history of policing in Botswana, examining its evolution from the colonial era to independence. He is a teaching and learning specialist in the School of Business at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary, Alberta, and an Adjunct Instructor in SAIT’s Open Studies Program. He also creates content for his history YouTube channel, Africa in Retrospect.

• Preface Abbreviations Chronology Introduction THE DICTIONARY Bibliography About the Authors