Hunters among Farmers : The !Xun of Ekoka / Akira Takada and Lesego Sekwati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Takada, Akira, 1911-2010, author.

Sekwati, Lesego, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kxoe (African people)--Namibia--Ohangwena--Social life and customs.

Kxoe (African people).

Ethnology--Namibia--Ohangwena.

Ethnology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Windhoek, Namibia : University of Namibia Press, [2015]

Summary:

Through moving life histories, Akira Takada gives the !Xun of north-central Namibia a voice in their own history. In contrast to other marginalised San minorities, the !Xun foster co-operative relationships with their neighbours, the Ovawambo and with the state. In the face of radical social changes over the past century, they have maintained traditional hunting and gathering as a backstop but also sold their skills and labour, acquired their own farms and livestock, and enriched their child-rearing practices in changing ecological conditions. Central to their identity and resilience are their kinship and naming practices which preserve their ethnic cohesion while promoting relationships with other groups. Contributing to an established literature on the San, Takada's book will allow detailed regional comparison on the !Kung-speaking groups of northern Namibia. Charming sketches from his notebooks give an intimate view of the anthropologist in the field.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Hendelina Mhèe Hamukanda, Cover Artist

Contents

Figures, Plates, Tables and Cases

Abbreviations

Foreword

Preface to the Second Edition

Notes on Orthography

1. An Egalitarian Society

WHO ARE THE SAN?

THE SAN IN 'OWAMBOLAND'

THE EKOKA !XUN

!XUN KINSHIP AND NAMING TERMINOLOGY

2. Pushed to the Margins

ANALYSIS OF THE LIFE STORIES

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLURAL SOCIETY

CASE 2.1: |Au (born 1917, male)

CASE2.2: |Au (born 1917, male)

THE WESTERN POWERS AND NORTH-CENTRAL NAMIBIA

CASE 2.3: |Au (born 1917, male)

CASE 2.4: |Au (born 1917, male)

THE INFLUENCE OF THE FINNISH MISSIONARY SOCIETY

WESTERN INFLUENCES ON THE SAN

CASE 2.5: Djam (born 1954, male)

CASE 2.6: Maria (birth year unknown, female)

CASE 2.7: Tue (born 1957, male)

CASE 2.8: Tue (born 1957, male)

THE LIBERATION MOVEMENT AND THE SAN

CASE 2.9: Nǁame (born 1960, male)

CASE 2.10: Nǁame (born 1960, male)

CASE 2.11: Djam (born 1954, male)

CASE 2.12: Tue (born 1957, male)

PROGRAMMES FOR THE SAN AFTER INDEPENDENCE (1990-2011)

CASE 2.13: Nǁame (born 1960, male)

3. Telling Their Stories

STUDIES ON SAN FAMILY/KINSHIP

INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN THE !XUN AND THE OVAWAMBO

CASE 3.1: Nangolo (born 1920, male)

CASE 3.2: Nangolo (born 1920, male)

INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN THE !XUN AND THE ǂAKHOE

CASE 3.3: Nangolo (born 1920, male)

CASE 3.4: ǁAon'ai (born 1935, male)

CASE 3.5: ǁAon'ai (born 1935, male)

FOSTER UPBRINGING OF !XUN CHILDREN BY OSHIWAMBO FAMILIES

CASE 3.6: Iigǁaa (born 1969, female)

CASE 3.7: Iigǁaa (born 1969, female)

4. Of Growing Up in Ekoka

FORAGING SOCIETY AND CHILDREN

LAND POLICIES IN 'OWAMBOLAND' BEFORE AND DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD.

CHANGING SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILD SOCIALISATION BEFORE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE

CASE 4.1: |Ama (born 1925, male)

CASE 4.2: N|ome (born 1955, male)

CASE 4.3: N|ome (born 1955, male)

CASE 4.4: Djam (born 1954, male)

CASE 4.5: N|ome (born 1955, male)

CASE 4.6: N|ome (born 1955, male)

CASE 4.7: Djam (born 1954, male)

CASE 4.8: ǁAon'ai (born 1935, male)

CASE 4.9: Kaino (born 1963, female)

CASE 4.10: ǁAon'ai (born 1935, male)

NATIONAL LAND POLICIES OF INDEPENDENT NAMIBIA

CHANGES IN SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS AFTER INDEPENDENCE

CASE 4.11: Kaino (born 1963, female)

CASE 4.12: Nafitali (born 1949, male)

CASE 4.13: Nafitali (born 1949, male)

CASE 4.14: Nafitali (born 1949, male)

CASE 4.15: Nǁame (born 1960, male)

5. And Remaining !Xun

COPING WITH OTHERS

CONSTRUCTING !XUN ETHNICITY

CULTURAL DIVERSITY, COMPLEXITY, AND RESILIENCE

Appendix 1. Kinship and Naming Terminology among the !Xun

STUDIES ON KINSHIP AND NAMING AMONG THE JU|'HOAN

KINSHIP TERMS OF THE !XUN

NAMING PRACTICES OF THE !XUN IN RELATION TO THEIR KINSHIP TERMS

CONCLUSION

References

Glossary

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789991642680

9991642684

OCLC:

1409684247