Ohh thanks for this. Happy to hear about it.

Me too! I like this series more! It’s a lighter read and more entertaining for me

I just read a comment on Goodreads from a Batswana woman who has studied his work as part of her MA thesis in the University of Botswana. She said that there are significant gaps in how he represented the culture and his books shouldn’t be taken or sold as a representation of Batswana culture. The characters are also seem to be based on colonial stereotypes. I’d love to hear more from Batswana people as these books are about them and they’d be in a better position to say if they are accurate representations of the culture. The stories are cute, and I get that he grew up in that culture and know more about it than a regular English bloke. But I think it can be problematic that the stories are told from the perspective of Batswana women, which can send the message that that’s how real Batswana women think or perceive things.

Me too. I’m a bit horrified thinking about how most of my perspective of the country is from a white man, belonging to a culture that colonized the culture he’s writing about. 😬 I guess it’s part of our responsibility as readers to explore more and read literature by Batswana.

I read in his profile in one of the books that he also taught in the University of Botswana.