BOTSWANA JOURNAL
OF AFRICAN STUDIES
              VOL. 2
               NO.1
        FEBRUARY 80
I


EDITORIAL BOARD.
    Prof. N. Ahmad
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    Prof. K. Prah.
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                                    CONTENTS
                                                      Page
Human Rights in Botswana,       Lesotho, Swaziland
and Malawi.
         - R. Wiesfelder                                  5
Critical Approaches to the Population      Question.
An African Perspective.
         -0.  Nnoli                                      33
The Implications of Pegging the Botswana Pula
to the U.S. Dollar.
         -O.Ochieng                                      49
Notes on the Effects of Management Techniques
on Group Performance in Business Organizations
         -M.  Kibuka                                     67
Colonization by Concession. Capitalist Expansion
in the Bechuanaland      Protectorate.   1885 - 1950.
         - 0 Selolwane                                   75
Constraints on a Precolonial Economy. The
 Bakwena State c. 1820 - 1885.
         -F. Nangati                                    125
The 1896 - 97 Southern Rhodesian War
Reconsidered
         -H. Bhila                                      139
Interview
              In Retrospect. A Conversation    with
              Meyer Fortes
         - A. Bujra and K. Prah                         163
Reviews
              N. Ahmad, J. Jeske, J. Spears,
              C. Moyo, F. Morton, R. Nyangoni,
              K. Prah.                                  181


LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. H. Bhila is a Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of History at the University
College of Botswana. He was previously on the Staff of the University
of Malawi. His latest study Trade and Politics in a Shona Kingdom is
appearing soon.
Prof. A. Bujra is Director of The Council for The Development of
Economic and Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA), and editor of
Africa Development.
Mr. M. Kibuka is a Lecturer in The Department       of Accountancy at The
University College of Botswana.
Prof. O. Nnoli is a staff member in the Political Science Dept. University
of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is currently visiting Professor at Stanford
University, California. His publications include Ethnic Politics in
Nigeria.
Mr. F. Nangati is a PhD candidate at Oxford University.         His area of
interest is currently Bakwena Social History.
 Mr. O. Ochieng is a member of staff in the Dept. of Economics,
University College of Botswana. His area of interest is the economics of
development.
Prof. K. Prah is Head ofthe Dept. of Sociology at the University College
of Botswana. Formerly staff member of the Universities of Heidelberg,
 Amsterdam, and Cape Coast. His publications include, The Social
Background afCoup d' Etat.
Miss O. Selolwane is a teacher at Moeng College, Palapye in Botswana.
 She is a social scientist by training.
 Prof. D. Weisfelder is permanently based in the University of Toledo.
 He is currently a staff member of the University College of Botswana.
 He specializes in the politics of Southern Africa.