Number One Forensic Detective Agency
As the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency returns to ±«Óãtv Radio 4, Jon Silverman uncovers the real story of crime investigation in Botswana and finds that truth is stranger than fiction.
The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency returns to ±«Óãtv Radio 4 shortly. The stories, of course, are set in Botswana. But did you know that this tiny nation of under 2 million is probably the most advanced in Africa in crime scene investigation, with police from all over the continent sent there for training ? And the United States has one of only four international police academies based there.
Yet, at the same time, traditional beliefs, such as witchcraft and the power of curses, persist ; senior police officers are also cattle farmers; and the head of the police training college sees herself as a real-life Mma Ramotswe.
The former ±«Óãtv ±«Óãtv Affairs Correspondent, Professor Jon Silverman, has travelled to Botswana to unravel these contradictions and finds that truth is at least as strange as fiction.
Producer: Vera Frankl
A IGA Production for ±«Óãtv Radio 4.
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- Wed 26 Oct 2011 11:00±«Óãtv Radio 4