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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Bushmen"”.
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Diamphotoxin : the arrow poison of the !Kung Bushmen
… insect is used as an arrow poison by the !Kung Bushmen inhabiting the savannah of eastern Namibia and western Botswana. Preliminary investigations showed that the pupae contained a 3,7 S cationic protein which caused haemolysis and, after intramuscular injection, local paralysis followed by …
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No hunting : finding a new f. stop for the Bushmen
… the fraught issue of the representation of the Bushmen, with a particular focus on the violence of representation through the photographic genre. Through this mini-dissertation I attempt to re-imagine the photograph in relation to the Bushmen; through an interrogation of the medium as one that …
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The Great Dance : myth, history and identity in documentary film representation of the Bushmen, 1925-2000
… a sample of major documentary films on the Bushmen of Southern Africa as primary sources in investigating change over time in the interpretation and visualisation of Bushmen peoples over seventy-five years from 1925 to 2000. The primary sources of this thesis are seven documentary films on …
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European impacts on the Seacow River valley and its hunter-gatherer inhabitants, AD. 1770-1900
… in the late eighteenth century, they encountered Bushmen hunter-gatherers who were already occupying the land. The impact which these Europeans had on one geographical region, the Seacow River valley in the north-east Karoo region, and on the hunter-gatherers living there, form the basic theme of …
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Innocent Victims and Savage Killers: Representation and Portrayal of the Bushman Battalions
… involved in the conflicts. The members of the Bushmen Battalions in the South African Defense Force found themselves impacted more than most. Their identities as Bushmen were already complicated, because they have been portrayed in various guises for centuries to entertain European audiences. …
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Indigenous re-form: Change and adaptation in a new school in new Xade, Botswana
… architecture that allows the Basarwa (Bushmen in Botswana) to be integrated into the mainstream Batswana, but still allow for them to lead their daily traditional lives and express their id entity in ways consistent with their own values.
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The economic value of natural resources around the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and implications for the Khomani San in South Africa
The term ‘bushmen’ is used generically to refer to the Khoisan. Although the term is still used in several countries in the Southern African region (SADC), it is considered derogatory by some. Culturally the Khoisan are divided into the hunter-gatherer San (originally a derogatory term used by the …
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!Ui-Taa language shift in Gordonia and Postmasburg Districts, South Africa
… cail themselves N||n≠e ‘home people‘ or Sasi ‘Bushmen / eland'. Drawing on original research and the oral history, the author argues that Bleek’s (1929. 1956) categorisation of two !Ui-Taa varieties, S2 (||Ng) and 82a (≠Khomani), should be reconsidered, as these are dialects of one another. …
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Rituals of Power in Southern Africa: an Investigation of the Healing Dance of the !Kung in the Context of African Rituals of Power
The San !Kung, or !Kung Bushmen, are peoples of the Kalahari desert in southern Africa. This thesis describes and explains certain aspects of !Kung healing, within the context of community-wide dances. The dance is the primary setting for the relationship between the !Kung and their gods and …
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Annotations of loss and abundance : an examination of the !kun children's material in the Bleek and Lloyd Collection (1879-1881)
… in the Bleek and Lloyd project to record Bushmen languages and literature. In order to do this, I have investigated the historical and socioeconomic conditions in the territory now known as Namibia during the period of their childhoods, as well as the circumstances under which the children …
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The role of Coloured church leaders in the anti-apartheid struggle : 16 June 1976-16 June 1986
… opposed to the more acceptable, Khoi-Khoi, and Bushmen as opposed to the Khoi San. The term Coloured was not accepted by the majority who fell into this group. Coloureds in their more positive sense can be seen as Africans of mixed ancestry. The term, Indians, referred to South Africans of …
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The Cape Khoisan in the Eastern districts of the colony before and after Ordinance 50 of 1828
… the indigenous people of the Cape - the 'Bushmen' and 'Hottentots' of the historical record who, properly, are called San and Khoi, or 'the Khoisan' • My idea was to build upon existing work (of others, chiefly, but also of my own) concerning their dispossession and subordination by …
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Genealogies and narratives of San authenticities the ?Khomani San land claim in the southern Kalahari
In this thesis, I examine the narratives of authenticity, the limits thereof, the potential interests served by these narratives, and the power relations involved in the promotion of an authentic San identity. I focus on four key areas to achieve this goal: the methodological issues involved in …
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Healing the crippled hand: tourism and community-based tourism as sustainable forms of land use and development in Eastern Tsumkwe, Namibia
… to the local people, the Ju/'hoansi-speaking Bushmen, as 'Nyae Nyae'. Inappropriate land uses including a reliance on pastoralism, on marginal, semi-arid lands susceptible to degradation, that exist in Namibia and the study area, were found to result in degradation of natural resources and to …