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                               Focus on the family
                       ~mily structure and fertility
                       Fe~le-headed     households
                    Family vio~ce and social work
                          Laws against child abuse
                                  '-O{her articles
                                     Class in Africa
                                  Sebirwata guage


          Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies
                          A journal devoted to studies of Africa
                      with particular emphasis on Southern Africa
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I.N. Mazonde (Chair), VB Research & Development
T. Kebaagetse (Secretary), VB Research & Development
Q.N. Parsons (Editor)
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                             Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (2000)
                                   Contents
    Focus   on the family
130 Family structure, gender and fertility in Botswana
            S.K. Gaisie
148 The complexities of female household headship in Botswana
            Godisang Mookodi
165 Children living in violent families: implications for social work in Botswana
            Tapologo Maundeni
172 A note on the laws against child abuse in Botswana
            Almon Shumba & Fazlur Moorad
    Other articles
178 The class consequences of colonialism in Africa
            Richard D. Wolff
186 The Sebirwa language: a synchronic and diachronic account
            A. Chebanne