Botswana is an unlikely candidate for one of the fastest growing economies and healthiest African nations, it's arid, small, and has next to nothing. Whereas Sierra Leone is much larger, and has many more resources, so why did Botswana become the richest nation on the continent and Sierra Leone one of the poorest on the planet?

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0:00 Botswana vs. Sierra Leone
1:37 Precolonial Eras
6:08 Colonial Days
9:41 The Botswana Success Story
12:51 Blood Diamonds from Sierra Leone