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Mar 1, 2022 · In a beautiful and transporting volume of poems, the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series takes us on a captivating journey from Africa to Greece, London to North America...
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- Knopfdoubleday
Much-loved worldwide for his warm-hearted No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, featuring the no-nonsense Precious Ramotswe – Botswana’s leading (and only) female detective – writer Alexander...
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In Conversation with ALEXANDER McCALL SMITHAlongside the Botswana High Commission on the United Kingdom, Brand Botswana on the 10 October 2019 in London, Uni...
I spoke to Smith about his love for Africa, his "unfashionable" optimism, and his side career as an unapologetically bad musician.
The Zimbabwean-born British author believes that there is a mindset that treats sub-Saharan Africa as a failed continent, perpetuated in attitudes and images of famine, poverty and diseases,...
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Aug 14, 2013 · In this clip, the two discuss the great waves of social change sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East. Andrew McCall Smith ponders whether or not the events in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries could begin a revolution in the international understanding of Africa.
Apr 13, 2020 · Alexander McCall Smith, was born in Africa and has written the immensely popular “No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” series of novels. He tells Jim Fleming how much he admires Botswana and why he enjoyed living and working there. Interview Details 📻. Shows. Post date: April 13, 2020.
