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Botswana
1966 – present
Sovereign stateAfrica
Modern Republic of Botswana, independent from Britain in 1966.
Borders in 2026 · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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Further reading
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History of Botswana
Thomas Tlou · 1984
The standard history of Botswana through independence.
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Africa Since 1940
Frederick Cooper · 2002
Post-1940 Southern Africa including Botswana (broad context).
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When Rain Clouds Gather
Bessie Head · 1968 · fiction
Celebrated debut novel set in a fictional Botswana farming village shortly after independence.
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