Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies vol. 17 (2003) no.1
Editorial
Neil Parsons has come to the end of his term as editor of Pula. In my capacity as the new
editor, I would like to thank him for his sterling effort and dedication to making Pula a
journal of quality and excellence in African Studies. It is thanks as well to Neil's
relentless determination to promote Pula internationally, that I can proudly announce our
official inclusion as part of the African e-Journals Project. This is good news indeed.
 since the project seeks to provide access to journals from Africa in the U.S.A. and
 globally with an economically sustainable cost-recovery system that provides fair
 recompense to African publishers. Coordinated from Michigan State University (MSU),
 the project is a collaboration of the Association of African Universities (AAU). the
 African Studies Association in the U.S.A. (ASA), and the Council for the Development of
 Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). We wish Neil Parsons well in his future
 endeavours, and are pleased that he will continue to be of service as editorial board
 member of Pula.
            This issue of Pula (YoU 7 No. I) is the first to be published simultaneously in
 print and on-line. The articles are all on Botswana. and cover a broad range of themes.
 There is a historical perspective on the crafting of Tswana identity through encounters
 between European missionaries and various Setswana speaking communities; changing
 attitudes to disease control informed by different cultural assumptions; the successes and
  failures of the developmental state and competing interpretations of the 'Botswana
  miracle'; the challenges of multiparty politics in a context of socio-economic and cultural
  pluralism; and some empirically grounded tips on how to minimise problems in designing
  and coding survey instruments on statistical analysis.
            While hoping that you find the contents of this issue interesting, I would like to
  invite submissions from scholars in Africa and elsewhere with a focus on various aspects
  of society in Africa. As long as you touch on Africa. vou touch on something of interest
  to Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies ..
  Francis B. Nyamnjoh
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