ALSO OF INTEREST

• Mma Ramotswe's Cookbook (2009; by Stuart Brown)....Buy this book
  Well, isn't this Precious? Fans of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency can skip the bottle of hooch in the desk drawer and settle in with a nice cup of red bush tea instead. With photographs by Mats Ogren and a foreword by Precious' creator, Alexander McCall Smith, this amply illustrated culinary tour offers an intriguing glimpse into Botswana's traditions and culture, with numerous detours for recipes for stews, fat cakes (doughnuts) jams and other trtaditional delicacies, with the proceeds from the book's sales being shared among several African charities.
  

TELEVISION

• THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY)..Buy the DVD
  (2008, HBO)
  Pilot
  Original airdate: March 23, 2008
  Based on characters created by Alexander McCall Smith
  Writers: Richard Curtis, Anthony Minghella
  Directed by Anthony Minghella
  Starring Jill Scott as PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE
  With Anika Noni Rose as Grace Makutsi
  Lucian Msamati as JLB Matekoni
  and Desmond Dube as BK
  
  
• THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY)..Buy the DVD
  (2009, BBC/HBO)
  Series
  Based on characters created by Alexander McCall Smith
  Starring Jill Scott as PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE
  With Anika Noni Rose as Grace Makutsi
  Lucian Msamati as JLB Matekoni
  and Desmond Dube as BK

• Season One
• "The Big Bonanza, 2009) March 15, 2009)
• "Poison, 2009) March 22, 2009)
• "The Boy With an African Heart, 2009) March 29, 2009)
• "Problems With Moral Philosophy, 2009) April 5, 2009)
• "Beauty and Integrity" (April 12, 2009)
• "A Real Botswana Diamond" (April 19, 2009)

RELATED LINKS

• African Eyes
  Eyes from the "Dark Continent."

Report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.