ISBN:
9781845457549
,
9781845457563
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxiv, 269 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Ju/'hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian Independence : Development, Democracy, and Indigenous Voices in Southern Africa
DDC:
305.896/1
Keywords:
!Kung (African people) Government relations
;
!Kung (African people) Politics and government
;
Namibia Politics and government 1946-1990
;
Nyae Nyae (Namibia) History
;
Namibia History
;
Autonomy and independence movements
Abstract:
The Ju/'hoan San, or Ju/'hoansi, of Namibia and Botswana are perhaps the most fully described indigenous people in all of anthropology. This is the story of how this group of former hunter-gatherers, speaking an exotic click language, formed a grassroots movement that led them to become a dynamic part of the new nation that grew from the ashes of apartheid South West Africa. While coverage of this group in the writings of Richard Lee, Lorna Marshall, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, and films by John Marshall includes extensive information on their traditional ways of life, this book continues the s
Description / Table of Contents:
The Ju/'hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian Independence; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note on Orthography; Chronology of the Nyae Nyae Region; Introduction; Chapter OneNamibia and the Nyae Nyae Region; Chapter TwoTraditional Ju/'hoan Leadershipand Governance; Chapter ThreeThe Ju/'hoan People's Organizationand Its Foundation; Chapter FourJu/'hoan Empowerment fromDialogue on Wildlife Issues; Chapter FiveThe Lead-Up to Namibian Independencein Nyae Nyae; Chapter SixIndependence; Chapter SevenThe Nyae Nyae DevelopmentFoundation of Namibia
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter EightThe Nyae Nyae Farmers Cooperativeafter IndependenceChapter NineCommunity-Based Natural ResourceManagement and OtherDevelopment Models; Chapter TenNyae Nyae Conservancy Programsand the Future; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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