Living on Mangetti "Bushman" Autonomy and Namibian Independence

ISBN-10: 0198233892

ISBN-13: 9780198233893

Edition: 1999

Authors: Thomas Widlok

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The Hai om 'Bushmen' of northern Namibia are still a gathering people, living not only on mangetti [nuts] and other wild foods but also on the by-products of the cattle industry on the mangetti farms. Namibian independence in 1990 with its new options has created a dilemma which may result in a loss of autonomous modes of social organization. The personal quality of their social relations relies on a high degree of individual autonomy, cultural diversity, subsistence flexibility, social permeability, and of immediacy in religious affairs. This book describes the main strategies that the Hai om have developed to deal with independence and dependency - their ways of accessing the new…

Book details

List price: $270.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/16/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.320



List of Plates


List of Figures


List of Maps


List of Tables


Note on orthography and pronunciation


Introduction: Gathering People



Cultural Diversity



Telling Stories



Subsistence Flexibility



Accessing Resources



Social and Spatial Permeability



Creating Name and Kin Relations



Rituals of Immediacy



Demanding Ritual Cooperation


Conclusion: Establishing Common Ground


References


Index