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Mar 12, 2018 · McCall Smith is African. He is white African (and of course, male), which obviously grants him a massive level of privilege versus the characters he portrays, but he is (presumably) deeply...
- Alex Haagaard
Was that part of your goal—to portray a peaceful vision of Africa and counter the stereotypes of war, disease, and famine? I didn't really have an agenda when I started writing...
A warm and humane Botswana woman, she has hooked millions of readers across the globe, the character had been conceived nearly two decades earlier, when McCall Smith worked briefly in Swaziland in 1980.
McCall Smith was raised in Southern Rhodesia and moved to Scotland at age 18 to study at the University of Edinburgh. He received a law degree in 1971 and then returned to Africa, where he helped to establish the law school at the University of Botswana.
McCall Smith returned to southern Africa in 1981 to help co-found the law school and teach law at the University of Botswana. [4] While there, he co-wrote The Criminal Law of Botswana (1992). [ 12 ]
Alexander McCall Smith has sometimes been criticised for portraying an unreal Africa, but the creator of a series of detective novels set in Botswana believes writers are unfairly condemned for their craft, MiNDFOOD reports.
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May 4, 2009 · Zimbabwe-born British writer Alexander McCall Smith has spent his career balancing a double life. A respected professor of medical ethics by day, prolific children's book author by night, his writing career fully blossomed at age 50 when his novel, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, became an unexpected publishing sensation.
