Precious Ramotswe

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Precious Ramotswe is the fictional central character in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith.

Mma Ramotswe is Motswana, and is the first female private detective in the country. She features in seven novels to date, and is a very wise, intelligent and humble person. The novels are full of passages of her simplistic sounding yet deeply moving opinions. Throughout the series, she sets out to do many adventures. Often these include tracking down missing husbands and children and bringing them back to their family.

Mma Ramotswe is the daughter of the late Obed Ramotswe, a Motswana cattle farmer from Mochudi. After a disastrous marriage to Note Mokoti, a jazz musician, and the death of her father, she founded The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Gaborone, taking on Grace Makutsi as her secretary.

Mma Ramotswe is a traditionalist, both in adhering to the old Botswana morality and in her traditional build. She holds in high respect the Queen, Nelson Mandela and Sir Seretse Khama, whom she often quotes. Her favourite drink is red bush tea, and she often promotes it as a therapeutic drink to her clients.

Her preferred method of travel is her tiny white van. Its mechanical problems brought her together with Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the finest mechanic in Botswana, who eventually became her husband. Together they adopted two Basarwa orphans, Motholeli and Puso.