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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818646603321

Autore

Biesele Megan

Titolo

The Ju/'hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian independence : development, democracy, and indigenous voices in Southern Africa / / Megan Biesele and Robert K. Hitchcock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

1-78238-060-4

1-84545-756-0

1-84545-997-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HitchcockRobert K

Disciplina

305.896/1

Soggetti

!Kung (African people) - Namibia - Nyae Nyae - Politics and government

!Kung (African people) - Namibia - Nyae Nyae - Government relations

Nyae Nyae (Namibia) History

Namibia History Autonomy and independence movements

Namibia Politics and government 1946-1990

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : a community history -- Namibia and the Nyae Nyae region -- Traditional Ju/'hoan leadership and governance -- The Ju/'hoan People's Organization and their foundation -- Ju/'hoan empowerment from dialogue on wildlife issues -- The lead-up to Namibian independence in Nyae Nyae -- Independence : the years of hope -- The Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia -- The Nyae Nyae Farmers Co-operative after independence -- Community-based natural resource management and other development -- Models in Nyae Nyae -- Nyae Nyae conservancy programs and the future.

Sommario/riassunto

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 th