| Africa Update Archives Vol. III, Issue 3 (Summer, 1996): Democracy in Botswana Table of contents Editorial: by Gloria Emeagw ali, Chief Editor F. Aiyejina, Visiting Scholar, Lincoln University , Mpho G. Molomo, Paul Kekai Manansala Sacramento, California, Haines Brown, History Dept., C.C.S.U., African Studies, CCSU, in collaboration with the Department of Political Science, CCSU, had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Mpho Molomo, of the University of Botswana, as Visiting Fulbright Scholar, in the 1995/96 academic year. Before his return to Botswana a few weeks ago, Dr Molomo kindly agreed to analyze the phenomenon of multiparty democracy in Botswana. Botswana has been able to confine the military to the barracks during the last thirty years and has held seven free and fair elections since it regained independence in 1966. Molomo's comments on Botswana's electoral system and the phenomenon of proportional representation provide useful insights into some of the basic pillars of political culture in that region. His discussion also constitutes the first of a two-part series on multiparty democracy in the continent. In the Fall issue we will conclude Molomo's analysis and shift our focus to multi-partism in Cameroon. Nigeria's recent defeat of two of the world's superpowers in soccer, namely Brazil and Argentina, at the Olympics in Atlanta, has once more highlighted the great significance of Africa's most populous country. Because of NBC's jaundic...
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