Megan Biesele, Robert K. Hitchcock

The Ju/'hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian Independence (eBook, ePUB)

Development, Democracy, and Indigenous Voices in Southern Africa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

>/'hoan people, the book gives newly-literate Ju/'hoansi the chance to address the world with their own voices. In doing so, the images and myths of the Ju/'hoan and other San (previously called "Bushmen") as either noble savages or helpless victims are discredited. This important book demonstrates the responsiveness of current anthropological advocacy to the aspirations of one of the best-known indigenous societies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781845459970
• Artikelnr.: 54748903

Autorenporträt

Megan Biesele directs the Kalahari Peoples Fund, a US-based advocacy organization. Since the 1970s she has worked with Ju/'hoan San communities in Botswana and Namibia developing curriculum and language archives. She directed the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation at the time of Namibian Independence, and helped establish both the Nyae Nyae Village Schools Project and the Nyae Nyae Conservancy. Her publications include "Women Like Meat": The Folklore and Foraging Ideology of the Kalahari Ju/'hoan (Witwatersrand and Indiana, 1993) and Hunters and Gatherers in the Modern World (co-editor, Berghahn Books, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Note on Orthography
Introduction: A Community History
Chapter 1. Namibia and the Nyae Nyae Region
Chapter 2. Traditional Ju/'hoan Leadership and Governance
Chapter 3. The Ju/'hoan People's Organization and Their Foundation
Chapter 4.Ju/'hoan Empowerment from Dialogue on Wildlife Issues
Chapter 5. The Lead-up to Namibian Independence in Nyae Nyae
Chapter 6. Independence: The Years of Hope
Chapter 7. The Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia
Chapter 8. The Nyae Nyae Farmers Co-operative after Independence
Chapter 9. Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Other
Development Models in Nyae Nyae
Chapter 10. Nyae Nyae Conservancy Programs and the Future References Cited