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Individualism versus Community in Africa? The Case of Botswana
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2008
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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?
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