!Ōsis – Female Leader of the Richtersveld (South Africa)
Author: Ansie Hoff. Series edited by: Klaus Keuthmann, Rainer Voßen.
Series: VOKA Veröffentlichungen des Oswin-Köhler-Archivs Volume 2
201856 pp.
2 maps, 2 colour photos, 1 colour drawing
Text language(s): English
Format: 170 x 240 mm
160 g
Paperback
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Through the ages, wooden sailing ships stranded on the west coast of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, led to encounters between seafarers and the indigenous people, many of which we will never have knowledge. However, informants of the Richtersveld were especially enthusiastic about a particular ship that stranded at Boegoeberg on the coast of the Richtersveld in the 19th century, as this led to the castaways being assisted by !Ōsis, a much respected female Nama captain. The events, greatly valued by the informants, were first related to the author in the 1980s.
Hunter-gatherers were the first to utilise the area. However, !Ōsis, the Nama leader, confirmed the presence of Khoekhoe herders in the Richtersveld before 1800. Little is known about the past ethnic composition of the Richtersveld, as well as reasons why people went to the area. Therefore, the purpose with this study was to arrange, evaluate and add to the information presented by the author’s informants, particularly by presenting the context in which !Ōsis acted. Furthermore, Ansie Hoff tried to explain particular actions of !Ōsis by means of Nama culture.
Under these links you will find publications by the author and further studies of the ethnohistory of southern Africa:
Accompanying material:
- An Annotated Edition of the Khwe Correspondence between Ndo Tinene and Oswin Köhler 1979–1995
(ISBN 978-3-89645-634-2 ) - Ein Leben im Dienste der Afrikanistik
(ISBN 978-3-89645-631-1 ) - Kalahari and Namib Bushmen in German South West Africa
(ISBN 978-3-89645-146-0 ) - Khoisan Medicine in History and Practice
(ISBN 978-3-89645-148-4 ) - Language, Identity, and Conceptualization among the Khoisan
(ISBN 978-3-89645-143-9 ) - Rock Paintings of the Klein Karoo and a Link to a Local Story
(ISBN 978-3-89645-879-7 ) - South African |Xam Bushmen Traditions and Their Relationships to Further Khoisan Folklore
(ISBN 978-3-89645-875-9 ) - The Kalahari Ethnographies (1896–1898) of Siegfried Passarge
(ISBN 978-3-89645-141-5 )
Cross-reference:
- Medicine Experts of the |Xam San
(ISBN 978-3-89645-147-7 ) - The |Xam and the Rain
(ISBN 978-3-89645-866-7 )
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