Wazha G Morapedi
Biographic Data
| ID | 235696 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wazha G Morapedi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wazha G |
| FAMILY NAME | Morapedi |
| SIGNATURE | MORAPEDI W G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Botswana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Acculturation and Botswana Migrant Miners in South Africa, 1930–1980
This paper analyzes the acculturation of Botswana mine migrants who worked in the South African mines between 1930 and 1980. It shows how the compound mine system affected Botswana cultural practices. The study argues that some Botswana men ended up living permanently in South Africa and taking up the languages and cultural practices of South Africans and they came to be known in Botswana as Makgweelwa. However, the paper reveals that Botswana me…
Land Restitution and the Communities of North-Eastern Botswana, 1889–2012
This paper argues that land alienation that occurred in the Tati District (North East District) of Botswana can best be returned to its original inhabitants through land restitution. This is because the Tati is unique from other districts in that other districts did not suffer from severe or intense colonial land alienation, whilst the Tati, in many ways, resembled the overcrowded and impoverished African reserves of the settler dominated territo…
The Settler Enclaves of Southern Africa and the African Peripheral Areas (Reserves)
This paper examines the origins and consolidation of agricultural enterprise in the white farming areas of Ghanzi and the Tati in Botswana. It argues that similarly to the white settler colonies in Africa, namely Kenya, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the success of white settler agriculture depended on state support at the expense and neglect of African farming in peripheral areas and the country in general. The paper shows ho…
The State and its Failure to Transform African Crop Production in Botswana, 1930–1939
This paper discusses attempts by the colonial officials to transform African crop production in Botswana in the 1930s. From the early 1930s, the British colonial officials made some modest and largely insignificant attempts to improve crop production in Botswana. The key issues addressed here are the nature and extent of the initiatives undertaken, such as agricultural shows, co-operator farmer experimental plots and the diffusion of technology. …
The Dilemmas of Liberation in Southern Africa
This article analyses the dilemmas which the liberation struggle in Southern Africa, and specifically the Zimbabwean war of liberation, presented both for the many Zimbabwean refugees in Botswana and for the Botswana government. As a neighbouring state of both Rhodesia and South Africa, Botswana sought to follow a policy of diplomacy in resolving conflicts between the minority white regimes and the liberation movements and balancing the different…
Demise or resilience? Customary law and chieftaincy in twenty-first century Botswana
This paper utilises the concept of customary law as it relates to the institution of chieftainship (bogosi). It shows how bogosi has maintained its strategic position, administrative muscle and influence amid attempts by the colonial and postcolonial state to emasculate it. It maintains that bogosi has been able to adapt to changing socio-economic and political landscapes. While the institution's powers have been gradually undermined by the gover…
Post-Liberation Xenophobia in Southern Africa
(2007). Post-Liberation Xenophobia in Southern Africa: The Case of the Influx of Undocumented Zimbabwean Immigrants into Botswana, c.1995–2004. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 229-250
Comparative Aspects of Farm Labour in Twentieth Century Botswana
Botswana became a British protectorate in 1885 and attained independence in 1966. The British had for the most part neglected the country for the entire colonial period, and Botswana's economy was
The State, Crop Production and Differentiation in Botswana, 1947-1966
This article analyses the colonial government's intervention in crop production in Botswana through the ‘progressive farmer’ scheme, from 1946 to independence in 1966. Crop production was not a highly remunerative venture in colonial Botswana because of persistent droughts, inadequate markets and lack of sufficient draught power and farming implements. Although cattle constituted the basis of wealth and, hence, their ownership led to social diffe…
Demise or Resilience, Customary Law and the Changing Order in Africa
This paper reviews customary law and how it relates to the institution of Chieftainship in Botswana from the pre-colonial to the post colonial period. It accedes to the widely held view that in Botswana, as in many other African countries where the institution of chieftainship was undermined by colonial rule, chiefs have survived and continues to play a pivotal role in evolving African societies. In Botswana, customary laws governing the institut…
Migrant Labour and the Peasantry in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1930-1965
This article grapples with issues that have largely remained outside the realms of migrant labour studies in colonial Botswana: the positive input of migrant wages to agricultural production and the effects of migrant wages on the differentiation of the peasantry. Although this article endorses the conventional view that migrant labour had detrimental effects on crop production and animal husbandry, it departs from previous studies in that it arg…
No One Will Be Rich
Swapo's Struggle for Namibia, 1960-1991
Migrant Labour and the Peasantry in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1930-1965
This article grapples with issues that have largely remained outside the realms of migrant labour studies in colonial Botswana: the positive input of migrant wages to agricultural production and the effects of migrant wages on the differentiation of the peasantry. Although this article endorses the conventional view that migrant labour had detrimental effects on crop production and animal husbandry, it departs from previous studies in that it arg…
Post-Liberation Xenophobia in Southern Africa
(2007). Post-Liberation Xenophobia in Southern Africa: The Case of the Influx of Undocumented Zimbabwean Immigrants into Botswana, c.1995–2004. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 229-250
Demise or resilience? Customary law and chieftaincy in twenty-first century Botswana
This paper utilises the concept of customary law as it relates to the institution of chieftainship (bogosi). It shows how bogosi has maintained its strategic position, administrative muscle and influence amid attempts by the colonial and postcolonial state to emasculate it. It maintains that bogosi has been able to adapt to changing socio-economic and political landscapes. While the institution's powers have been gradually undermined by the gover…
No One Will Be Rich
The State, Crop Production and Differentiation in Botswana, 1947-1966
This article analyses the colonial government's intervention in crop production in Botswana through the ‘progressive farmer’ scheme, from 1946 to independence in 1966. Crop production was not a highly remunerative venture in colonial Botswana because of persistent droughts, inadequate markets and lack of sufficient draught power and farming implements. Although cattle constituted the basis of wealth and, hence, their ownership led to social diffe…
Demise or Resilience, Customary Law and the Changing Order in Africa
This paper reviews customary law and how it relates to the institution of Chieftainship in Botswana from the pre-colonial to the post colonial period. It accedes to the widely held view that in Botswana, as in many other African countries where the institution of chieftainship was undermined by colonial rule, chiefs have survived and continues to play a pivotal role in evolving African societies. In Botswana, customary laws governing the institut…
The Dilemmas of Liberation in Southern Africa
This article analyses the dilemmas which the liberation struggle in Southern Africa, and specifically the Zimbabwean war of liberation, presented both for the many Zimbabwean refugees in Botswana and for the Botswana government. As a neighbouring state of both Rhodesia and South Africa, Botswana sought to follow a policy of diplomacy in resolving conflicts between the minority white regimes and the liberation movements and balancing the different…
No One Will Be Rich
Swapo's Struggle for Namibia, 1960-1991
Migrant Labour and the Peasantry in the Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1930-1965
This article grapples with issues that have largely remained outside the realms of migrant labour studies in colonial Botswana: the positive input of migrant wages to agricultural production and the effects of migrant wages on the differentiation of the peasantry. Although this article endorses the conventional view that migrant labour had detrimental effects on crop production and animal husbandry, it departs from previous studies in that it arg…
Demise or Resilience, Customary Law and the Changing Order in Africa
This paper reviews customary law and how it relates to the institution of Chieftainship in Botswana from the pre-colonial to the post colonial period. It accedes to the widely held view that in Botswana, as in many other African countries where the institution of chieftainship was undermined by colonial rule, chiefs have survived and continues to play a pivotal role in evolving African societies. In Botswana, customary laws governing the institut…
The State, Crop Production and Differentiation in Botswana, 1947-1966
This article analyses the colonial government's intervention in crop production in Botswana through the ‘progressive farmer’ scheme, from 1946 to independence in 1966. Crop production was not a highly remunerative venture in colonial Botswana because of persistent droughts, inadequate markets and lack of sufficient draught power and farming implements. Although cattle constituted the basis of wealth and, hence, their ownership led to social diffe…
Post-Liberation Xenophobia in Southern Africa
(2007). Post-Liberation Xenophobia in Southern Africa: The Case of the Influx of Undocumented Zimbabwean Immigrants into Botswana, c.1995–2004. Journal of Contemporary African Studies: Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 229-250
Comparative Aspects of Farm Labour in Twentieth Century Botswana
Botswana became a British protectorate in 1885 and attained independence in 1966. The British had for the most part neglected the country for the entire colonial period, and Botswana's economy was
Demise or resilience? Customary law and chieftaincy in twenty-first century Botswana
This paper utilises the concept of customary law as it relates to the institution of chieftainship (bogosi). It shows how bogosi has maintained its strategic position, administrative muscle and influence amid attempts by the colonial and postcolonial state to emasculate it. It maintains that bogosi has been able to adapt to changing socio-economic and political landscapes. While the institution's powers have been gradually undermined by the gover…
The Dilemmas of Liberation in Southern Africa
This article analyses the dilemmas which the liberation struggle in Southern Africa, and specifically the Zimbabwean war of liberation, presented both for the many Zimbabwean refugees in Botswana and for the Botswana government. As a neighbouring state of both Rhodesia and South Africa, Botswana sought to follow a policy of diplomacy in resolving conflicts between the minority white regimes and the liberation movements and balancing the different…
The State and its Failure to Transform African Crop Production in Botswana, 1930–1939
This paper discusses attempts by the colonial officials to transform African crop production in Botswana in the 1930s. From the early 1930s, the British colonial officials made some modest and largely insignificant attempts to improve crop production in Botswana. The key issues addressed here are the nature and extent of the initiatives undertaken, such as agricultural shows, co-operator farmer experimental plots and the diffusion of technology. …
The Settler Enclaves of Southern Africa and the African Peripheral Areas (Reserves)
This paper examines the origins and consolidation of agricultural enterprise in the white farming areas of Ghanzi and the Tati in Botswana. It argues that similarly to the white settler colonies in Africa, namely Kenya, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the success of white settler agriculture depended on state support at the expense and neglect of African farming in peripheral areas and the country in general. The paper shows ho…
Land Restitution and the Communities of North-Eastern Botswana, 1889–2012
This paper argues that land alienation that occurred in the Tati District (North East District) of Botswana can best be returned to its original inhabitants through land restitution. This is because the Tati is unique from other districts in that other districts did not suffer from severe or intense colonial land alienation, whilst the Tati, in many ways, resembled the overcrowded and impoverished African reserves of the settler dominated territo…
Acculturation and Botswana Migrant Miners in South Africa, 1930–1980
This paper analyzes the acculturation of Botswana mine migrants who worked in the South African mines between 1930 and 1980. It shows how the compound mine system affected Botswana cultural practices. The study argues that some Botswana men ended up living permanently in South Africa and taking up the languages and cultural practices of South Africans and they came to be known in Botswana as Makgweelwa. However, the paper reveals that Botswana me…
Political science (13 works) · African history and culture studies (11 works) · Economics (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (6 works) · Colonialism (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (5 works)