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Living on mangetti : 'Bushman' autonomy and Namibian independence / Thomas Widlok.
Penn Museum Library DT1558.S38 W53 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Widlok, Thomas.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social structure--Namibia.
- Social structure.
- Social institutions--Namibia.
- Social institutions.
- San (African people)--Namibia--Social life and customs.
- San (African people).
- Manners and customs.
- Namibia.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- This book is an anthropological case study of the little-known "Bushman" of Northern Namibia. They are still a gathering people, not only living on mangetti (nuts) and other wild foods but also on the by-products of the cattle industry on the mangetti farms. Through direct interaction during long-term field research, this book vividly conveys the conditions in which the "Bushman" actually live today.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198233892
- OCLC:
- 41926086
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