how the people of botswana decided to build an university

you know, before botswana became independent, yu could not find a single town in the whole region of nowadays botswana. actually, it only consisted of wide plains of desert and bush scattered with houses.

that has changed a bit since then. the biggest city till today is gaborone, the capitol, in the far south of the country. at the time of indepence in 1966 it was no more than a small village. until today, the city center is quite small and people would say, that it hasn’t lost its village character since then.

for the last 50 years, botswana has worked on independence in all areas you might think of. of of them is the area of education. at indenpendence, the country only had a hand full of schools and not a single university. so, the people decided to build their own university. it is nowadays located on a huge campus in the city center and it’s extending constantly. back in the days, everyone in the country contributed to building the university with their own wealth.

that means, that everyone would come a bring a cow or so to gaborone. cattle are actually one of the most valualbe things in botswana and having many cows will mean, that you are a rich man or woman. so, everyone would bring something of their valuables to contribute to build ub (the university of botswana).

the people realized, that education is your strongest weapon in your fight for independece. until today, the vision of ub is: education is a shield. it will defense you against any aggression.

people, keep empowering yourselves through education, they say.

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