The sound of Botswana abroad
Friday, January 17, 2014
Norway and much of Europe, especially Scandinavia, have the veteran Banjo Mosele. New Zealand is jamming to the Afro-reggae anthems of Ras Judah Seomeng. The US has Donald Molosi's groundbreaking one-man theatre pieces. These are just a few Batswana arts expatriates headlining shows abroad, and doing a great job of it.
While Lorraine has been working as an artist in the UK for the past two years, Mosele and Woki have been working the live band circuit in Europe since the early 1980s.
Figures released by the country’s electoral management body have shown that a total of 1, 037, 684 people have registered to vote.However, eligible voters could be discouraged by events leading to the voting day like poor execution of advance voting amid talks that the elections could be unfair.There have also been threats by certain opposition politicians that shall the elections not be free and fair, they will halt them.Despite these...