Individualism versus Community in Africa? The Case of Botswana
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Modern African Studies
- Vol. 26 (2) , 347-350
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x00010521
Abstract
This short note provides one answer to an anomaly that has perplexed many an observer of rural development in sub-Saharan Africa: How is it possible that two deeply-rooted values in some African societies – the people's sense of individualism and their sense of community – have persisted through time when they seem to work against each other?Keywords
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