![]() She makes the unusual decision to become a private detective and opens up a detective agency to do so. The main character is a Motswana woman, the protagonist Mma Precious Ramotswe. The book takes place in Gaborone, Botswana. The books also give a voice to the natural beauty of Botswana and Africa, along with the tradition and culture as well as people that live there. Mma perseveres and does well with her intelligence and instinct as well as courage guiding her. But she comes across many obstacles and even danger in the course of her detective work. Mma wants to help others and overall make her home a better place. ![]() She is the first woman in the city to choose that profession, and the agency she opens is named in such a way that reflects her business, who is running it, and their dedication to quality. Mma Precious Ramotswe us a woman who chooses to become a private detective. The books have been adapted to a number of other mediums, including television movies, Internet and episodes broadcast for the radio. The series deals with a multitude of themes, including rural ways of life specific to Southern Africa, women in non traditional and traditional occupations, urbanity, modernity, social relations in traditional African society, contemporary and traditional African belief systems, AIDS and orphans of AIDS in Africa, clinical depression, emotional intelligence, moral philosophy, virtue, ethics, domestic violence, forgiveness, and infidelity. The books are about the adventures of characters and involve other issues and themes as well as contemporary aspects, combined with an overarching mystery archetype. Mma Precious Ramotswe is the story’s main character and detective. The agency in the series is founded by a Moswana woman in the capital of Botswana, Gaborone. The last book to be published in the series is the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, published in 2013. They deal with a variety of issues, from women being self sufficient to the struggles facing parts of Africa today as well as many traditional problems, such as personal relationships as well as human emotions and motivations such as jealousy, greed, anger, and revenge. The books are very popular and have been printed all over the world. It was first published in 1999 by Polygon Books. ![]() The first book in the series carries the same title as the series. ![]() 1 Ladies Detective Agency is a series by the Scottish author, Alexander McCall Smith. Steeped in the heat of summer in Botswana, and packed with intrigue, this heartfelt tale of friendship under pressure reveals how coming to terms with the past may be the only way to face the future.The No. They are each convinced that they are on the right track - but what if they are both wrong? Meanwhile Mma Ramotswe must extract Mr Polopetsi - part-time assistant detective - from a potential disaster with wide-reaching consequences, deal with a stray dog that Fanwell - the gentle mechanic - has brought into their lives, and cope with the agency's arch-enemy, Violet Sephotho. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi soon find that the quest for the truth takes them in very different directions. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.įor years the two women have been helping people with the problems in their lives, but their partnership is tested by a curious case: a client who wants to rediscover the life she lost when she left Botswana thirty years ago. This is the story of Precious and Grace, known to one another and their friends as Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi, co-directors of the No. ![]()
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