MEMORIES OF MARU-A-PULA
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We are delighted to have been able to crowdfund the Memories of Maru-a-Pula book and have it published and printed in time for the school's 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner in August 2022. Thank you to all who made this possible.
> Please see further below for details on how to buy the book.
ABOUT THE MEMORIES OF MARU-A-PULA BOOK PROJECT
Memories of Maru-a-Pula: The First 20 Years, 1972 - 1992 is a collection of stories from alumni headmasters, teachers and students from the school's first 20 years.
Maru-a-Pula School was founded in 1972 and was a model for how a multi-racial school could thrive at a time when apartheid was rife in neighbouring South Africa. The founding headmaster, Deane Yates OBE, was a University of Oxford graduate, a former headmaster of St John’s College, Johannesburg and received an honorary doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand for his pioneering work in education.
The stories in Memories of Maru-a-Pula (aka Memories of MaP) come from Ivy League and Russell Group university graduates, Botswana’s first female pilot, a former Silicon Valley executive, academics, entrepreneurs, business-owners, authors and others who are leaders in their fields.
This book project is alumni-led and managed and was crowdfunded in 2022.
Header photo: Founding headmaster Deane Yates and his wife and fellow educator Dot Yates in MaP's Memorial Garden in Gaborone, Botswana in the 1990s.
Photo source: Maru-a-Pula School.
Image: Maru-a-Pula School's 50th anniversary logo.
This commemorative book, Memories of MaP, was published and is being sold to support Maru-a-Pula's Orphan and Vulnerable Children’s (OVC) Scholarship Fund and to celebrate Maru-a-Pula School's 50th anniversary in 2022, as well as the school's on-going legacy.
The book is also a tribute to educationists around the world who are making a positive impact on the lives of their students.
Maru-a-Pula School is a world class, co-ed, day and boarding high school in Gaborone, Botswana. It produces some of the best A-Level results on the continent.
Background photo: some of the original classroms of Maru-a-Pula School which were built in the early 1970s.
Photo source: Carrie Decker.
Memories of Maru-a-Pula is a non-fiction book and is being enjoyed by people who are interested in education, history, leadership, diversity, memoir, writing non-fiction, Maru-a-Pula School and educationist Deane Yates (a former headmaster of St John's College, Johannesburg).
> HOW TO BUY THE MEMORIES OF MARU-A-PULA BOOK
The Limited Edition 500 copies only book is available in Botswana and South Africa.
> To buy the book in Gaborone, Botswana please call Maru-a-Pula School on 391 2953 and ask for the Alumni Office (Neo Mokgwathi or any of her colleagues) and arrange to buy the book and collect it from MaP.
Price: Pula 320.
> To buy the book in Johannesburg and the rest of South Africa, contact shams@sessack.co / 083 709 8109. The book can be couriered to you via PostNet.
Price: Rand 400.
~ If you have bought the book and read it, please email a review to shams@sessack.co for this website. You can choose to include your name or be anonymous if you prefer.
> To buy the book internationally, please visit Amazon where it is available as an eBook and printed, soft cover book.
Price: may vary from region to region. Please check the price on Amazon.
~ If you have bought the book on Amazon and read it please give it a review on Amazon.
~ If you're a member of Goodreads (owned by Amazon) please review Memories of MaP there as well.
The proceeds of book sales and donations have gone to and will continue to go to Maru-a-Pula School's Orphan and Vulnerable Children's (OVC) Scholarship Fund.
Photo: the Limited Edition Memories of MaP book front cover. This version of the book is available in Botswana and South Africa only.
Image: the Memories of MaP Amazon printed book cover.