People, Cattle and Land

Transformations of a Pastoral Society in Southwestern Africa

Edited by: Michael Bollig, Jan-Bart Gewald. With contributions by: Michael Bollig, David Crandall, Ruy Duarte de Carvalho, Andreas E. Eckl, Thomas Frank, Jan-Bart Gewald, Hildi Hendrickson, Dag Henrichsen, Tilman Lenssen-Erz †, Giorgio Miescher, Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig †, Itaru Ohta, Jeremy Silvester, Andrew B. Smith, Ute Stahl, Steven van Wolputte, Wolfgang Werner, Thomas Widlok, Christofer Wärnlöf. Series edited by: Michael Bollig, Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig †.

Series: HSA History, Cultural Traditions and Innovations in Southern Africa Volume 13

2009
12 pp. Roman, 540 pp.
2nd edition
17 maps, 16 colour photos, 17 b/w photos, 31 graphs, numerous tables
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 240 mm
1130 g
Hardcover
€ 69.80

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CONTENTS

I. People, Cattle and Land - An Introduction

Michael Bollig / Jan-Bart Gewald: People, Cattle and Land – Transformations of Pastoral Society

II. The Emergence of Pastoral Strategies and Social Developments in Southwestern Africa

Andrew B. Smith: The Origins of Pastoralism in Namibia

Thomas Frank: Archaeological Evidence from the Early Pastoral Period in North-west Namibia

Tilman Lenssen-Erz: Picturing Ecology through Animal Metaphorism Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and the First Pastro-Foragers in Namibia

Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig: The Language History of Herero as a Source of Ethnohistorical Interpretations

III. Formations and Transformations of Pastoral Societies

Dag Henrichsen: Ozongombe, Omavita and Ozondjembo – The Process of (Re-)Pastoralization amongst Herero in Pre-colonial 19th Century Central Namibia

Jan-Bart Gewald: Colonization, Genocide and Resurgence – The Herero of Namibia 1890-1933

Hildi Hendrickson: A Sign of the Times – Samuel Maharero’s Body and the Legitimation of Herero Leadership

Wolfgang Werner: From Communal Pastures to Enclosures – The Development of Land Tenure in Herero Reserves

IV. The Economic Organization of Livestock Husbandry in the 20th Century

Michael Bollig: Production and Exchange among the Himba of Northwestern Namibia

Itaru Ohta: Drought and Mureti's Grave – The “we/us” Boundaries between Kaokolanders and the People of Okakarara Area in the Early 1980s

Ute Stahl: “At the End of the Day We Will Fight” – Communal Land Rights and ‘Illegal Fencing’ in Otjozondjupa Region

Giorgio Miescher: Cry for Development – The Kaoko Development League (KDL), Colonial Legacies and the Epupa Debate in Kaoko

V. Conceptualizations of Environment and Society

Steven van Wolputte: In Between House and Cattle Pen – Moving Spaces in Himbaland

Andreas Eckl: Language, Culture and Environment – The Conceptualization of Herero Cattle Terms

David Crandall: Classifying the Animal Kingdom – Are the Himba Naturalists? (Drawing a Lesson from the Case of the Hyena)

Christofer Wärnlöf: The Politics of Death – Demarcating Land through Ritual Performance

VI. Maintaining Pastoral Identities on the Periphery

Jeremy Silvester: Assembling and Resembling – Herero History in Vaalgras, Southern Namibia

Thomas Widlok: On the Other Side of the Frontier – Relations between Herero and ‘Bushmen’

Ruy Duarte de Carvalho: Encapsulation, Prosperity and Hunger amongst the Kuvale of Southern Angola

 

Under these links you will find publications of the contributors and further descriptions of the Herero language, of the Herero/Himba culture and the history of southern Africa:

Accompanying material:

• “We Thought we would be Free ...” (ISBN 978-3-89645-057-9)
• “When War came the Cattle slept” (ISBN 978-3-89645-049-4)
• „Widerstand und Gottesfurcht“ (ISBN 978-3-89645-059-3)
• Bridging the Language Gap (ISBN 978-3-89645-890-2)
• Die Witbooi in Südwestafrika während des 19. Jahrhunderts (ISBN 978-3-89645-447-8)
• Frühe Kolonialgeschichte Namibias, 1880–1930 (ISBN 978-3-89645-058-6)
• Hendrik Witbooi – ein Leben für die Freiheit (ISBN 978-3-89645-315-0)
• Reference Grammar of Herero (Otjiherero) (ISBN 978-3-89645-602-1)
• The Form and Meaning of Otjiherero Praises (ISBN 978-3-89645-269-6)

Cross-reference:

• A Grammatical Sketch of Herero (Otjiherero) (ISBN 978-3-89645-044-9)
• Ethnographic Encounters (ISBN 978-3-89645-512-3)
• Kalahari and Namib Bushmen in German South West Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-146-0)
• San and the State (ISBN 978-3-89645-357-0)
• The Kalahari Ethnographies (1896–1898) of Siegfried Passarge (ISBN 978-3-89645-141-5)

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