What's It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Botswana?

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  • @Jamaicans
    @Jamaicans  2 роки тому +11

    Thanks for watching! Are you ready to visit Botswana after watching this video? If you are an expat living in Botswana what's been your experience there? Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a video in the “Jamaicans to the World” series - bit.ly/2yRRCxP

    • @sandrabennett6875
      @sandrabennett6875 2 роки тому +7

      I had a great experience. Great memories....9 years living and working there.

    • @graemeyetts3465
      @graemeyetts3465 2 роки тому +3

      I'm planning to visit

    • @Katabo1982
      @Katabo1982 Рік тому +1

      I was in Gaborone from 1994 till 1997.
      I was a pity we didn't have the internet at the time.
      Dumela Ra

  • @naledievans4224
    @naledievans4224 2 роки тому +17

    My beautiful, peaceful country Botswana, this interview made me miss home even more. 🇧🇼

    • @Favouredandree
      @Favouredandree 2 роки тому +1

      Where do you reside now if you dont mind me asking. I am Jamaican that live here, though i've visited other countries.

    • @PurplePillRiches
      @PurplePillRiches 2 роки тому

      I'll be visiting soon much love to Botswana 🇧🇼 from Haiti🇭🇹

    • @victorlionelnazaire685
      @victorlionelnazaire685 5 місяців тому

      @@PurplePillRiches
      In Haiti? Why ?

  • @boitumelowaltermotlhabi9005
    @boitumelowaltermotlhabi9005 2 роки тому +8

    Im a citizen of Botswana 🇧🇼. I loved watching this interview 💙

  • @andreanchindo3477
    @andreanchindo3477 2 роки тому +41

    Loved the interview… Esau gave a good account of life in Botswana. I am also a Jamaican living here since 1973!

    • @justone5404
      @justone5404 2 роки тому +4

      1973 wow

    • @thebusinessstrategistbw816
      @thebusinessstrategistbw816 2 роки тому +7

      You're not Jamaican anymore. Repeat after me "I am a Motswana"

    • @andreanchindo3477
      @andreanchindo3477 2 роки тому +10

      @@thebusinessstrategistbw816 My roots will always be in Jamaica, but indeed…. I am proud to be a Motswana for 49 years!

    • @sandrabennett6875
      @sandrabennett6875 2 роки тому +5

      Wow. I lived in Gabarone for approximately 9 years. I left in 2005

    • @scottishboer3126
      @scottishboer3126 2 роки тому +2

      Your.name doesn't sound Jamaican lol
      Wow you've been in Botswana as long as I have been alive?

  • @ARBAN30
    @ARBAN30 2 роки тому +13

    If I met him on the streets i wouldnt tell he is from somewhere. He looks like us...Glad he stayed. Been telling my friend in the UK to come along with me to experience Botswana.

  • @monicawalker7444
    @monicawalker7444 2 роки тому +22

    Xavier, I wished you had interviewed me while I was living in Botswana. Lol 2000-2008. Small world, I know Essau. I have a picture taken at his house with the Jamaican contingent at the time. What Essau didn't say about the weddings was how elaborate they are even when held in tent. I was amazed at the decor. Never seen so much fresh flowers at a wedding before. So much joy and dancing! Back home in Jamaica and loving it. Good to see you and your daughter Dr. Waugh!

    • @MortonWaughMegistaSolutions
      @MortonWaughMegistaSolutions 2 роки тому +2

      Mrs. Monica Laughton-Walker. We lived on 14 White Hall Avenue. Donna and Ricky - Wilson are my cousins. Esau is my uncle my father's brother. Steve Waugh from Burke Lane.

    • @monicawalker7444
      @monicawalker7444 2 роки тому +1

      @@MortonWaughMegistaSolutions Hi Steve, small world. I remember you - you are now a Minister of Religion. Good to hear from you. Take care

    • @imogenii6920
      @imogenii6920 2 роки тому

      Can I visit you in Jamaica too 😭

    • @MortonWaughMegistaSolutions
      @MortonWaughMegistaSolutions 2 роки тому

      @@imogenii6920 you are free to visit when you come to Jamaica. This is the best country in the world. 🇯🇲

  • @kwameasimah
    @kwameasimah 2 роки тому +31

    I never miss these interviews. Greetings from Ghana, West Africa.

    • @Jamaicans
      @Jamaicans  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe here so you don't miss any future videos in the series - bit.ly/2yRRCxP

    • @sandrabennett6875
      @sandrabennett6875 2 роки тому +1

      Hope you are enjoying jullof rice

  • @christeenfrancis7303
    @christeenfrancis7303 2 роки тому +35

    I love Botswana and to watch the sun setting on the chobe river is amazing...
    I love to travel and to date i have been to 21 african countries and 61 countries in the world. We all should see the world and learn about other cultures.
    Greetings all from Ghana decided to bring my mom for her 1st visit to Africa.

    • @theromadziba
      @theromadziba 2 роки тому +1

      I stay in the chobe area, it's amazing

    • @graemeyetts3465
      @graemeyetts3465 2 роки тому

      Akwabaah.. Excuse me if I misspelt. Im going to Botswana. I have wonderful Ghanaian friends and enjoyed my trip to Accra. Have also been to Kenya and Uganda which was great. Not yet Nigeria.
      .

  • @freedom3390
    @freedom3390 2 роки тому +19

    When I watch your videos I think about how Jamaica can benefit from the knowledge and wisdom of Jamaicans and their children from all over the world.

  • @jackjonas1699
    @jackjonas1699 2 роки тому +12

    Queen said, "Miss it so much." with a PASSION.

  • @marlenemaymay128
    @marlenemaymay128 2 роки тому +12

    I found the same when I was in the Peace Corps in Cameroon. As a black American, no love. So I started telling them I’m Jamaican. And the love poured out. 😍

  • @georgegrant1873
    @georgegrant1873 2 роки тому +3

    Excellent interview with my friend and colleague Esau
    This fine gentleman has represented Jamaica well.

  • @pakophikatotokonyane7214
    @pakophikatotokonyane7214 2 роки тому +3

    You Welcome. Makes proud to be Motswana from Republic of Botswana. The rightful driver is steering the Country Botswana forward. Such an amazing video.

  • @claudettelorraineraphael560
    @claudettelorraineraphael560 2 роки тому +10

    Good evening everone Jamaican living in st maarten nice interview Africa is my dream land i planning 2 go dear soon

  • @allthingsgaone7439
    @allthingsgaone7439 2 роки тому +26

    Enjoyed watching this interview. We are a peaceful loving nation🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼

  • @Cecilia_181
    @Cecilia_181 2 роки тому +1

    Dr Waugh, my favorite client of more than 20 years. Such a humble person.I've been doing all his travel bookings.

  • @patriciareid-waugh2427
    @patriciareid-waugh2427 2 роки тому +9

    Great interview...loved hearing about the cultural practices of Botswana. I've been to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. It's a really impressive sight and going boating on the Zambezi River is an exciting experience.

  • @pelo4040
    @pelo4040 2 роки тому +15

    I am glad that Mr Waugh has enjoyed his stay in Botswana. He didn't mention the club and festival scenes though. He didn't mention the annual Khawa Dune Challenge or the 1000km Desert Race (Mantshwabisi). If you plan your trip well, you could have a lot of fun.

    • @chimebanyi7885
      @chimebanyi7885 2 роки тому

      When is the best time to plan a trip to BOTSWANA? Thank you.

    • @scipioafricanus9841
      @scipioafricanus9841 2 роки тому +1

      @Pelo T
      The chap says he did a PhD in Australia. So he is Dr Waugh!!

  • @Favouredandree
    @Favouredandree 2 роки тому +1

    I so love when the guests reaches, almost the end when they get to talk about the food/ thing they do as they get off the plane. Their faces get "lit"

  • @dmramala
    @dmramala 2 роки тому +7

    My boss is also Jamaican. There must be a large Jamaican community in botswana.

    • @Katabo1982
      @Katabo1982 Рік тому

      I am a Jamaican .I was in Botswana in the 1990s

    • @AfroJamaican
      @AfroJamaican Місяць тому

      @@Katabo1982 I am thinking of visiting there soon. Are you still around?

  • @kaydenpat
    @kaydenpat 2 роки тому +10

    Great interview. Professor Waugh has a good sense of humor.

  • @jonathankamkosibanda4225
    @jonathankamkosibanda4225 2 роки тому +10

    I work in Botswana a lot.... beautiful women .... Educated and professional

  • @didiramsBW
    @didiramsBW 2 роки тому +8

    Woww🥳 Enjoy our Botswana Sir...🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼

  • @findintsuape2693
    @findintsuape2693 2 роки тому +6

    The best professor ever...

  • @heppal1828
    @heppal1828 2 роки тому +7

    Thank you Xavier. Another pleasant and engaging conversation as usual bregrin. Very jovial and candid. I have visited Botswana before. Very respectful and law abiding country. Respect Sir.

  • @wazhakelepile6171
    @wazhakelepile6171 2 роки тому +7

    My Design and technology teacher Mr Brown was Jamaican. in Botswana

  • @patwahili771
    @patwahili771 2 роки тому +8

    Wonderful interview. BIG UP yourself Xavier. Mr Esau, RESPEC & MANNAZ Sir!

  • @wendelguthrie
    @wendelguthrie 2 роки тому +9

    I love Botswana and Dr. Waugh and I share some things in common (I live near to Waugh Hill - near Red Hills and JSA is my school).

  • @robertmkandawire8616
    @robertmkandawire8616 2 роки тому +2

    That there is our brother-in-law. So happy to see you here. I wish I can bump into you in some of our areas.

  • @renjaman
    @renjaman 2 роки тому +5

    Glad to see an old farmer. Myself a graduate of Jamaica School of Agriculture {JSA} 1976

    • @errolwilliams9902
      @errolwilliams9902 2 роки тому +1

      Greetings Ren (Ole Farmer). I am also an Ole Farmer class of 1973. Waugh was class of (1972). I knew Waugh well.

    • @DamirKajtazKladusa
      @DamirKajtazKladusa 2 роки тому

      👍👍👍

  • @ileneclark3821
    @ileneclark3821 2 роки тому +1

    I love your interviews.Its amazing how Jamaican people can b found almost everywhere in the world.Esau is pleasant and so is his daughter.Be blessed ya'll.

  • @merlenepryce1263
    @merlenepryce1263 2 роки тому +7

    Very interesting interview with Esau. Learnt a lot about Botswana. Good job

  • @sophiemclarke6556
    @sophiemclarke6556 2 роки тому +6

    Fabulous interview with this lovely gentleman and also his very sweet daughter. Africa to the world.

  • @beachdaisy4080
    @beachdaisy4080 2 роки тому +4

    "If the Prince wants to see I......." Profound!

  • @jairzenhobailey8385
    @jairzenhobailey8385 2 роки тому +1

    Blessed Love JCan Ole Farmer Esau.
    NUFF Respect King
    Blessings Everytime to Your Queen and Princess.
    Jamaica to Di World
    JAMAICANS are Every Where in the World.

  • @delorishaffenden2370
    @delorishaffenden2370 2 роки тому +3

    Happy Sunday everyone 😊 Portlander in London late today. Will have to catch up later

  • @shernethsimms2420
    @shernethsimms2420 2 роки тому +6

    Good day Xavier Thanks for these 👍 vlogs cannot ✋ tp see the next one big ☝

    • @Jamaicans
      @Jamaicans  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe here so you don't miss any future videos in the series - bit.ly/2yRRCxP

  • @rubyberylgarraway634
    @rubyberylgarraway634 2 роки тому +6

    Nice i like it.he look a cool guy

  • @megganhutchinson1311
    @megganhutchinson1311 2 роки тому +6

    Jamaica is really a unique place in terms of our foods because it sounds like no breadfruit, jelly coconut , ackee no deh most places.

  • @tetobronia1128
    @tetobronia1128 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful conversation 👌🏾

  • @mbrooks1334
    @mbrooks1334 2 роки тому +5

    'Bride Price' is also observed in Nigeria

  • @esbarrett2868
    @esbarrett2868 2 роки тому +3

    True..dual language learning should definitely be encouraged….much better outcome🙂

  • @thabstar2040
    @thabstar2040 2 роки тому +1

    Hi My Jamaican Guy! lol! omg your daughter sounds EXACTLY like her mum! i was just listening while working, and thought it was her mum!

  • @mollyokosun55
    @mollyokosun55 Рік тому

    IAM a Motswana living in Canada..I truly enjoyed this enterview..I miss you your Botswana ..thank you for sharing❤🇧🇼🇨🇦

  • @cecelianelson359
    @cecelianelson359 2 роки тому +5

    Mr. Waugh your daughter is beautiful. Her love for Jamaican food was delightful to see. Great piece Xavier, you are doing a very good job.

  • @pinemauco2645
    @pinemauco2645 2 роки тому

    A great interview. Botswana our beautiful country🇧🇼🇧🇼

  • @graemeyetts3465
    @graemeyetts3465 2 роки тому

    An excellent and charming host and equally so the Jamaican Motswana.

  • @jahwaine9584
    @jahwaine9584 2 роки тому +4

    Bless up Xavier, compliments to yourself and crew for an important and edutaining forum.

  • @nicholasgumede7305
    @nicholasgumede7305 2 роки тому +1

    Good vibe Dr Waugh nicest of lecture I ever met in Equine management and reproduction and obstetrics 💪👌

  • @gammubonno2694
    @gammubonno2694 2 роки тому +1

    Ooh my prof🥳🤗..i wanna visit Jamaica someday..

  • @hyacinthgordon5295
    @hyacinthgordon5295 2 роки тому +6

    Good 🌄afternoon Xavier Murphy. Happy Sunday 👍😊. Thanks for sharing. When are you going to an interview with Jamaicans living in India? 🇮🇳. Another good interview 👌

  • @dr.viviagreen6896
    @dr.viviagreen6896 2 роки тому +3

    Great and informative video.

  • @sistaluv1357
    @sistaluv1357 2 роки тому +1

    Great interview. Keep them coming. Love and appreciate you.

  • @kwabenaadeniji5180
    @kwabenaadeniji5180 2 роки тому +2

    I love these interviews

  • @basadiseipone5936
    @basadiseipone5936 2 роки тому

    Professor Esau has discribed Botswana well thanks a lot so the Jamaicans are welcome.

  • @errolwilliams9902
    @errolwilliams9902 2 роки тому +4

    Esau Waugh, oh my God I have been wondering what happen to you. Xavier, this guy is a friend of mine. He and I were at JSA together. I would love to link up with.
    Tell him it Errol Williams (Rano).

  • @tawriati5310
    @tawriati5310 2 роки тому

    Need to visit both countries one day!

  • @lekgotlatgae5955
    @lekgotlatgae5955 2 роки тому +4

    My lecturer.. cool guy✨

  • @roseb819
    @roseb819 2 роки тому

    Thanks Xavier 😊.

  • @angelabarrett7576
    @angelabarrett7576 2 роки тому +1

    Respect Xavier

  • @mathewswamakoko2885
    @mathewswamakoko2885 2 роки тому

    Dr E .Waugh 👌👌

  • @ogone1465
    @ogone1465 2 роки тому +4

    The Coca Cola description killed me

  • @modisaneunity4534
    @modisaneunity4534 3 місяці тому

    One Love Jamaica 🇯🇲 Botswana 🇧🇼

  • @karabotshekiso3631
    @karabotshekiso3631 2 роки тому +2

    we are chilled pple bro. Sometimes works against us though....

  • @ruthmolefhe2553
    @ruthmolefhe2553 2 роки тому +5

    Bride price here is called Magadi not lobola

  • @loruamahmor1782
    @loruamahmor1782 2 роки тому +1

    Hey thats my Professor 😲

  • @ruthmolefhe2553
    @ruthmolefhe2553 2 роки тому +3

    Botswana we are the coolest people

  • @kevingrant5695
    @kevingrant5695 2 роки тому +2

    Great

  • @nicholettemcgregor2004
    @nicholettemcgregor2004 2 роки тому

    Good vibes!!

  • @b.aclarke1820
    @b.aclarke1820 2 роки тому +3

    Good luck br Jamaica me don't love there any more stay where you are br my blessing s love Africa mother land me live here Nederlands 30 yes happy as a large pease an love sis en br

  • @simonjmokone2246
    @simonjmokone2246 2 роки тому +4

    I m a motswana. The pics u are showing here are from the early 80s. Batswana are not like what u see in the video anymore.

  • @innocentgoitseone3715
    @innocentgoitseone3715 2 роки тому +2

    Mr Esau Waugh. Made a mistake stating that the big tribes have a problem of other tribes learning in their languages but the problem for the languages being taught is the government. The government is slow at pushing the system.

  • @solutionairesolutionaire752
    @solutionairesolutionaire752 2 роки тому +6

    I don't think I appreciate that when you talked about the people you kept showing pictures of destitute people. You're painting a bad picture of who we are as Batswana. This is the reason people outside Africa keep thinking Africans are poor, because of the pictures given in interviews like these. I'm sure there are poor people in Jamaica, but it wouldn't be alright if they were used to describe who Jamaicans are as a nation.

    • @nekovero93
      @nekovero93 2 роки тому

      The ghettos of Jamaica with destitution is mostly shown as well. With the advent of UA-cam we now get to see other areas

  • @rig.1
    @rig.1 2 роки тому

    dumelang 🇧🇼🙏🏾❤

  • @AfroJamaican
    @AfroJamaican Місяць тому

    Allo all, are there any Jamaicans currently in Botswana? I am trying to connect

  • @paulettemcfarlane942
    @paulettemcfarlane942 2 роки тому

    Quite interesting

  • @goitseonebailey652
    @goitseonebailey652 2 роки тому +1

    Lovely

  • @ogone1465
    @ogone1465 2 роки тому +5

    Lobola is actually South Arican we say Bogadi

    • @thebusinessstrategistbw816
      @thebusinessstrategistbw816 2 роки тому +2

      There are Batswana in Botswana who say lobola

    • @lucretiashadreck8440
      @lucretiashadreck8440 2 роки тому

      Is the same thing , we sad Bogadi , and Lobola is Kalanga language 🤣🤣

    • @oaratwamganga2418
      @oaratwamganga2418 2 роки тому +1

      Even the tradition dance shown is South AFrican. He mixed his research documents

    • @ogone1465
      @ogone1465 2 роки тому

      @@lucretiashadreck8440 let me say in Setswana then

  • @omidkokabi9667
    @omidkokabi9667 2 роки тому +1

    One tip for expats. Always shop around. There are cheaper options in all industries. Don't just rely on one quote. Power to the Pula

  • @allenchilekw5698
    @allenchilekw5698 2 роки тому

    Great interview, see the Victoria falls upclose in Zambia 🇿🇲

  • @dorretteprince1754
    @dorretteprince1754 2 роки тому +1

    Very interesting interview 👍

  • @michaellifetv5696
    @michaellifetv5696 2 роки тому

    Big up 👍

  • @kevingrant5695
    @kevingrant5695 2 роки тому +2

    But untied we stand 🇯🇲🇬🇧

  • @grball-rounder2401
    @grball-rounder2401 2 роки тому +1

    Finally he said it,we are expensive this side🤣🤣🤣 so does is the Internet

  • @glennmajor1521
    @glennmajor1521 2 роки тому +3

    Botswana in my view was relatively cheap and cost of living being quite low compared to the Western world.

  • @shevahmorris9132
    @shevahmorris9132 2 роки тому

    $7-10 for a burger is average for a none franchise place. Presently with inflation mangoes and avocados are $1+ in the US..so he better buy them things

  • @ruthmolefhe2553
    @ruthmolefhe2553 2 роки тому +5

    That dance is not from BOTSWANA and Dinawa (Beans ) you put a picture of rape vegetable. You didn't do research on that one

  • @Favouredandree
    @Favouredandree 2 роки тому

    Lol Mr Waugh hott sah...

  • @mosesmanaka8109
    @mosesmanaka8109 2 роки тому

    Jamaica me crazy.

  • @TheDtfamu89
    @TheDtfamu89 2 роки тому +1

    Listen, Jamaican people can get round, suh.

  • @MontySkol
    @MontySkol 2 роки тому

    A le krona go bua Setswana?

  • @lebogangmoeketsi1614
    @lebogangmoeketsi1614 2 роки тому

    Batswana don't call it lobola but magadi.

  • @GreenOrchid9
    @GreenOrchid9 2 роки тому +3

    The bride price iz to show you can provide for your bride and future children and she wont have to return home to her family🤔

    • @dimphodimplesmarata9456
      @dimphodimplesmarata9456 2 роки тому +2

      Not really, it's to thank the bride's family for having raised her and to console them for losing their daughter (because once you marry in our culture you identify with the husband's tribal customs, your children are considered to be exclusively of the husband's tribe and even when you die you are buried in your husband's village). In terms of thanking the bride's family, in the tswana culture children are often raised by all family members in some way or another e.g. I lived with my dad's sister when I was younger and one of my brothers with our paternal aunt and the other with our paternal uncle, they contributed to our upbringing so when I get married my aunt is going to get one head of cattle in thanks for having brought me up.
      The exchange of magadi (the cattle) is in itself an actual marriage ceremony that is legally binding even to this day (we practice a dual legal system roman-dutch law and our traditional law)
      It's really not about the man's ability to provide because you can defer the payment, or pay in installments provided that the bride's family accepts that arrangement.
      Also in case of divorce it's meant to help provide for her but more especially for the kids.

  • @myownspace7004
    @myownspace7004 2 роки тому

    Botswana🇧🇼

  • @grball-rounder2401
    @grball-rounder2401 2 роки тому +1

    When u want mangoes Zimz is the place to be

  • @rtmodisane
    @rtmodisane 2 роки тому +1

    Just say it Prof "We dont respect time" 😤😤😤

  • @Favouredandree
    @Favouredandree 2 роки тому

    Lol daughter know her Jamaican foods.

  • @audleymclean3724
    @audleymclean3724 2 роки тому +1

    Not like in the Caribbean though!!!, dem search me up bad when I show my Jamaican Passport, in almost every Caribbean Countries, it's very embarrassing.

    • @jlewis1419
      @jlewis1419 2 роки тому

      @audley mclean Some of the Islands tends to do that when they know you’re from Jamaica.I know people who have experienced this. Bahamas especially. Keep your head up and know your worth.

  • @k.t.1184
    @k.t.1184 2 роки тому

    Di man ask the man where in Ja he's from and he list bout 3 places🤣

    • @jobethrico
      @jobethrico 4 місяці тому

      I do the same thing living in the 🇺🇸 😅!

  • @childofgod8148
    @childofgod8148 2 роки тому +1

    You’re not a Jamaican. You’re an Israelite!!!

    • @mphoshobo6947
      @mphoshobo6947 2 роки тому

      😂😂😂

    • @kongomon2
      @kongomon2 2 роки тому

      Facts, Bantu are Israelites

    • @lucretiashadreck8440
      @lucretiashadreck8440 2 роки тому

      Whao, why cant u accept if he is Jamaican , coz may he grew up there , 🤞❤

    • @kongomon2
      @kongomon2 2 роки тому

      @@lucretiashadreck8440 my sister a sheep that is born in a pig pen is still a sheep, how can a sheep retain its identity and a man cannot?