03450nam 2200697 a 450 991081864660332120200520144314.01-78238-060-41-84545-756-01-84545-997-010.1515/9781845459970(CKB)2550000000035175(EBL)710961(OCoLC)727649473(SSID)ssj0001194183(PQKBManifestationID)12417535(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194183(PQKBWorkID)11148364(PQKB)10375598(SSID)ssj0000538243(PQKBManifestationID)12197820(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538243(PQKBWorkID)10559774(PQKB)11049589(MiAaPQ)EBC710961(DE-B1597)637425(DE-B1597)9781845459970(EXLCZ)99255000000003517520100617d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Ju/'hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian independence development, democracy, and indigenous voices in Southern Africa /Megan Biesele and Robert K. Hitchcock1st ed.New York Berghahn Books20111 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-059-0 1-84545-754-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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!Kung (African people)NamibiaNyae NyaePolitics and government!Kung (African people)NamibiaNyae NyaeGovernment relationsNyae Nyae (Namibia)HistoryNamibiaHistoryAutonomy and independence movementsNamibiaPolitics and government1946-1990!Kung (African people)Politics and government.!Kung (African people)Government relations.305.896/1Biesele Megan1189745Hitchcock Robert K1189746MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818646603321The Ju4010562UNINA