Episodes

  • Elephant Havens - a place in Botswana to care about

    Elephant Havens - a place in Botswana to care about
    Sep 16 2024

    Warmly Welcome dear Mma Ramotswe podcast listeners and fans of the No1 Ladies Detective Agency novel serie.


    I’m Ednah Rosen from Botswana - I’m a chef and cookbook writer and my passion is to share my home country’s culture with you and the world.

    I know I have something in common with all of you - the LOVE FOR THE THE MMA RAMOTSWE BOOKS.


    In this episode we meet Mr Bee, an expert on elephants and CO/ founder of the elephant sanctuary “Elephant Havens” - a place that is captured in the 21th book “How to raise an elephant”


    By the way did you that Botswana is home of the world's largest elephant population?


    So welcome again dear listeners to this episode where you will find out why Elephant Haven in northern Botswana became a story one of the books.

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    Produced by:

    Mats Ögren Wanger

    Mikael Rosén

    Ednah Rosén
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    30 mins
  • The No.1 Lady Chef Ednah Rosen & Sir Alexander McCall Smith about food culture in Botswana.

    The No.1 Lady Chef Ednah Rosen & Sir Alexander McCall Smith about food culture in Botswana.
    Apr 24 2024
    Warmly welcome dear Mma Ramotswe podcast listeners. We all know that Botswana is the home country of the No.1 Lady Detective- but how many of us knows how Botswana taste? To answer that question - what could not be better than to listen to a conversation between Sir Alexander McCall Smith and Botswana's No.1 Lady Chef Mma Ednah Rosen. In Mma Rosens newly awarded cookbook “Taste of Botswana” we find many of the traditional dishes that Mma Ramotswe and her friends loves, plus that we find wonderful photographs in the book from around Botswana. 🇧🇼 Last but not least I must share with you that the long and heart warming forward for the “Taste of Botswana” cookbook is written by no less then Sir Alexander McCall Smith. So once again dear listeners - welcome to a culinary conversation taken place in Botswana between McCall Smith and Mma Rosen. - PS if you are interested in Ednah Rosén’s “Taste of Botswana” book you can order it here: https://www.ednahrosen.com
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    17 mins
  • Mma Potakwane - The matron of the orphan farm

    Mma Potakwane - The matron of the orphan farm
    Jan 17 2024
    Warmly welcome dear Mma Ramotswe podcast listeners and fans of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency novel series. In this episode we meet the National Director of SOS Children’s Villages Mr Kitso Motshwari. SOS Children Villages is a world known NGO giving orphans and vulnerable children a home. One of their children’s home is a role model for the No. 1 novel series Orphan farm where Mma Potakwane is the patron - regarded by Mma Ramotswe as her best and most wise friend. Now please join us and listen to what Mr Kitso has to say about the No. 1 novel series and it’s impact on the SOS Children’s Villages in Botswana. This interview is made by Mats Ögren Wanger - a good friend of Sir Alexander McCall Smith and a true lover of Botswana. You are welcome to email him if you have any questions on mowanamedia@gmail.com Music: Mikael Rosen, Introduction: Ednah Rosen
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    21 mins
  • Dr. Moffat- The Ramotswe Family Doctor

    Dr. Moffat- The Ramotswe Family Doctor
    Dec 19 2023
    Warmly welcome dear Mma Ramotswe lovers. In this episode we will meet Dr. Howard Moffat a very intersting person both in the books and in real life. Dr. Howard Moffat appears from time to time as a character in the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books. He is a real person and is an old friend of the author of the novel serie professor Alexander McCall Smith. And believe it or not Dr. Moffat is a relative of the legendary Dr. Livingstone. I belive its partly because of Dr. Moffat and his wife Fiona Moffat that the No1. Ladies Detective novell serie exists. They first introduced Alexander McCall Smith to Botswana in the 1980ties and that’s how he started to develop his love for the country and its people 🇧🇼. We also know that the main character Mma Ramotswe grow up in a village called Mochudi, thats the village where Dr. Moffat used to be the head of the local hospital and also treated Mma Ramotswe father Obed Ramotswe. Apparently there many things to talk with Dr. Moffat about and also to find out what is real and what is fiction. Was he for example the president of Botswanas medical doctor, did he play a mayor role in the fight against HIV / AIDS and did he sometimes preach in the Anglican Cathedral, is it for real or fiction? Who could know better then Dr. Moffat himself.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Mma Unity Dow & Mma Precious Ramotswe - Both remarkable women from Mochudi in Botswana.

    Mma Unity Dow & Mma Precious Ramotswe - Both remarkable women from Mochudi in Botswana.
    Oct 20 2023
    Dumela boma / dumela bora - good day ladies and gentlemen! Dear Mma Ramotswe pod cast listeners in this new episode you will meet Unity Dow- one of Botswanas most remarkable woman. I’m pretty sure Mma Ramotswe would agree not only because they are from the same home village - Mochudi. Unity Dow is an internationally awarded democracy fighter, human rights activist, author of books, former high court judge, foreign minister and education minister and not to forget - a cattle farmer from Mochudi, just like Mma Ramotswe`s father Obed Ramotswe. Unity Dow gave this interview at the Botswana parliament on the 8th of March 2023, just before she had her International women’s day speech, in the parliament. No matter how busy she is, she takes time to talk about her beloved fictional friend Mma Ramotswe and her home country Botswana that is like a character in the novel serie. A country that now needs a lot of reforms according to Unity Dow. Something she is bravely fighting for. So welcome again dear listeners to hear Unity Dow sharing things like her passion for reading, the culture of Botswana and how the women’s role in the society has changed since we first heard about Mma Ramotswe in 1998. Production: Interview by Mats Ögren Wanger, Music by Mikael Rosen, Introduction by Ednah Rosen. Photo of Unity Dow by Pieter Hugo #alexandermccallsmith #mmaramotswepodcast #mmaramotswe #TheNo.1LadiesDetectivAgency #internationalpodcastday #theno1ladiesdetectiveagency #botswanatourism #redbushtea #forgivness #sirseretsekhama #botswana #gaborone #kgalehill #mmamakutsi #safari #africalove #unitydow #mochudi #redbushtea #womensinternationalday #humanrights #humanrightsactivist #bookreading #edinburgh #gaborone #cattle
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    1 hr
  • Professor Alexander McCall Smith - the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

    Professor Alexander McCall Smith - the author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
    Aug 28 2023
    In this very first episode of Mma Ramotswe Podcast you will hear an interview with professor Alexander McCall Smith, the author of the of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency- novel series. Highlights in Episode no1: -Remembering how the book character Mma Ramotswe took form in the village Mochudi in the African country Botswana. -Reflections on Mma Ramotswe´s character and her passions in life. -Alexander McCall Smith´s background in Africa and Botswana. -Is it true that The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - novel serie will become a musical? -25 years anniversary - the first book came out 1998. How does that feel? - When will Alexander McCall Smith visit Botswana again? Thanks for listening and please let us know if you have any special wishes for a coming episode. You reach us on ramotswepodcast@gmail.com EPISODE NO 2: (will be published in October) This episode takes place in northern Botswana, up in Maun at a place called Elephant Havens. Here Mr Bee, is interviewed about how the Elephant sanctuary that he co founded called "Elephant Havens" became a story in the 21th book "How to raise an Elephant". Music and audio editing by Mikael Rosen Introduction by Ednah Rosen Interview by Mats Ögren Wanger #alexandermccallsmith #mmaramotswepodcast #mmaramotswe #TheNo.1LadiesDetectivAgency #internationalpodcastday #theno1ladiesdetectiveagency #botswanatourism #redbushtea #forgivness #sirseretsekhama #botswana #gaborone #kgalehill #mmamakutsi #safari #africalove
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    52 mins