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Autore |
Biesele Megan |
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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 |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-78238-060-4 |
1-84545-756-0 |
1-84545-997-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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!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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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