Contesting Caprivi : a history of colonial isolation and regional nationalism in Namibia / Bennett Kangumu ; introduction by Lazarus Hangula.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kangumu, Bennett, author.

Series:

Basel Namibia studies series ; 10.

Basel Namibia Studies Series, 2234-9561 ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Namibia.

Nationalism.

Caprivi (Namibia)--History.

Caprivi (Namibia).

Caprivi (Namibia)--Colonization--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 320 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Caprivi, the remote and narrow Namibian strip of land encapsulated by neighbouring Angola, Zambia and Botswana, has a contested colonial and postcolonial history. Bennett Kangumu traces the politics of its people in this complex borderlands since the late 19th century. Neglected by German and South African colonial administrations, its inhabitants were often pushed towards neighbouring territories though not being an integral part of them. At the same time, South African apartheid and homeland politics emphasised the ethnization of local identities. Becoming a strategic location in the ensuing liberation wars of the late 20th century, its history is often one of conquest and resistance, plunder, betrayal and rivalry. Kangumu shows how the inhabitants of Caprivi responded in various ways, notably in the form of regional nationalism when the Caprivi African National Union (CANU) was formed in the early 1960s. The Unions merger with the dominant Namibian liberation movement, SWAPO, was a claim to end seperation and isolation, which, however, flarred up again in post-colonial Namibia.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783905758467

3905758466

OCLC:

967588766