04320nam 2200661 450 991079755220332120230126213506.01-61146-151-0(CKB)3710000000468460(EBL)4086658(SSID)ssj0001543900(PQKBManifestationID)16136110(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543900(PQKBWorkID)12815532(PQKB)10133371(MiAaPQ)EBC4086658(EXLCZ)99371000000046846020150410h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrica: What it gave me, what it took from me remembrances from my life as a German pioneer woman in South West Africa /Margarethe von Eckenbrecher ; translated, edited and introduced by David P. Crandall, Hans-Wilhelm Kelling and Paul KerryBethlehem :Lehigh University Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (399 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61146-150-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Biographical entries -- A reader's introduction -- Book I -- [1] Leaving home -- The first ten days -- Las Palmas -- Monrovia -- Nifu -- Mossamdes -- Port Alexander -- Swakopmund -- The journey to Karibib -- Karibib -- By oxcart from Karibib to Okombahe -- [2] Okombahe -- Something about the natives of the colony -- The activities of the missionaries in the protectorate -- Our first abode -- Worries of a housewife -- Building our home -- Future plans and disappointments -- Cattle raising -- Gui-Gams -- Cultivating a garden -- Experiences and observations -- Spitzkoppies -- [3] Insurrection -- Foreboding weather -- The insurrection begins -- A dangerous ride -- In the fortress -- Under the protection of the Franke Company -- In the barracks at Omaruru -- My return to Germany -- Book II -- A note to my readers -- [1] The new South West -- My return to South West Africa -- Our idealic life in Klein-Windhuk -- [2] How I experienced the First World War -- The impending storm -- The future is foreshadowed in everyday events -- The people of the colony prepare themselves -- Mobilization -- South Africa begins hostilities -- Treachery at Naulila -- Our commander dies -- A punitive expedition to Naulila -- The Baster War -- The Germans must be cleared out -- General Botha occupies Windhuk -- An honorable surrender -- Living under martial law -- [3] South West becomes a League of Nations mandate -- Dissolution? -- Expulsions -- The influenza epidemic of 1918 -- Changes -- New unrest -- The house on the mountain -- Life under mandate rule -- Our German schools -- My sons -- Hunting in the African bush and a return to our home in Okombahe -- From the Brandberg to Franzfontein -- Korichaams -- Etoscha and the Waterberg -- 1934 : the year of torrential rains -- Of diamonds, gold, and other treasures -- A concluding and final word -- Postscript.Africa: What It Gave Me, What It Took from Me is a memoir of an extraordinary woman who, as a newlywed, travelled with her husband to German South West Africa, a colony situated just above South African on the Atlantic coast.AfricaGermansNamibiaBiographyWomen pioneersNamibiaBiographyFarmersNamibiaBiographyFrontier and pioneer lifeNamibiaNamibiaHistory1884-1915BiographyNamibiaHistory1915-1946BiographyNamibiaSocial life and customs20th centuryNamibiaEthnic relationsHistory20th centuryOkombahe (Namibia)BiographyGermansWomen pioneersFarmersFrontier and pioneer life968.8103Eckenbrecher Margarethe von1875-1955,1542233Crandall David P.1960-Kelling Hans-WilhelmKerry Paul E.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797552203321Africa: What it gave me, what it took from me3794777UNINA