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Stories Set in Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa, mostly dry grassland and salt pans cut by the Okavango Delta. As a British protectorate it avoided major settler wars, and peaceful independence in 1966 under Seretse Khama plus later diamond income supported institutions and wildlife protection. A United Kingdom dramatizes that independence marriage, while The Last Lions follows lions in its northern wetlands. Open Botswana on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 15 books and 10 movies set in Botswana.
The Gods Must Be Crazy
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
Xixo is back again. This time his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck unable to get off and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture…
A United Kingdom
The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana) and Ruth Williams the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and…
The Last Lions
In Botswana's Okavango Delta an ostracized lioness and her two cubs must fight alone to survive - overcoming all manner of hazards. Their only defense is to escape to Duba Island -- and with that an unknown future. The…
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Precious Ramotswe has only just set up shop as Botswana's No.1 (and only) lady detective when she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. However, the case that tugs…
Into the Okavango
A passionate conservation biologist brings together a river bushman fearful of losing his past and a young scientist uncertain of her future on an epic four-month expedition across three countries through unexplored and…
Animals United
A group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover that the humans who have been destroying their habitats have built a dam for a leisure resort. The animals endeavour to save the…
Morality for Beautiful Girls
Botswana PI Precious Ramotswe investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important government official, and the moral character of four beauty contestants. When her business has money trouble, and problems…
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Mma Ramotswe's normally unshakable composure is rattled when a visitor forces her to confront a secret from her past.In the newest addition to the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the charming…
The Full Cupboard of Life
Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni at the end of the first audiobook, is still engaged. She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named, but she is anxious to avoid putting too much pressure on…
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