This book … honours and celebrates the eminent Setswana scholar, grammarian and lexicographer, Dr. MLA Kgasa, who served Botswana and Setswana scholarship illustriously. MLA Kgasa is a pioneer of Setswana lexicography who wrote the first monolingual Setswana dictionary, Thanodi ya Setswana ya dikole, published in 1976 … The various chapters in this book provide an uncanny and vivid profile of a leading figure in the history of African lexicography in general, and Setswana lexicography in particular. His work is an example and inspiration for the contemporary generation.