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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Khoisan"”.
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Resistance, pacification and consciousness : a discussion of the historiography of Khoisan resistance from 1972 to 1993 and Khoisan resistance from 1652 to 1853
This thesis studies the modern historiography of Khoisan resistance through a discussion of five selected authors. It outlines the main theses of these authors and offers conceptual and methodological critique. The thesis also describes concepts of Khoisan oral tradition, which are used as a basis …
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The Cape Khoisan in the Eastern districts of the colony before and after Ordinance 50 of 1828
… 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 colonists from Europe. The focus has, as far as possible, been the people themselves, with Ordinance 50 …
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Political recognition and cultural identity of minorities: what is their meaning in the case of Khoisan in South Africa?
… 1994. However, attempts to politically recognise Khoisan are producing some significant challenges. This work argues that without a deeper understanding of political and philosophical recognition, social justice may be inadequately distributed and may lead to misrepresentation and the extension of …
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Fabulous Khoisan:the politics of apoliticality in the indigenous Khoisan revivalism movement in South Africa; an exploration of sincerity,stickiness and fabulation in the emergence of a missing people
… and resistance. Focusing on the Indigenous “Khoisan Revivalism” movement in South Africa, it examines how young, urban, and working-class individuals claiming Khoisan identity navigate intersections of cultural sincerity, political disengagement, and social justice. The work highlights the …
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The economic value of natural resources around the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and implications for the Khomani San in South Africa
… ‘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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The Northern Cape frontier zone, 1700 - c.1815
… the impact which colonial expansion had on the Khoisan societies of the Cape interior. The processes by which these societies were either conquered, annihilated or incorporated into colonial society are discussed. So too are the ways in which the Khoisan resisted colonial domination. Thus, a …
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Marama bean (Tylosema esculentum), a non-nodulating high protein legume indigenous to the Kalahari sands : studies of its N nutrition
… and Namibia, it is the staple food of the Khoisan people. Marama bean, however, still have not been cultivated or established as an agricultural crop in these countries. This study investigated soil factors affecting the distribution and growth of marama bean in the field and how it would …
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Khoe, San, Coloured, controvert or conform: Physical attributes influencing the formation of cultural identity in ""Coloured"" women of the Western and Northern Cape
… on a racial basis. In certain communities the Khoisan revivalist movement has seen an uprising in individuals claiming their indigenous Khoisan identity and their rights as indigenous people in the postapartheid South Africa. This study was performed through oral interviews with over 100 women, …
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The R563Q Mutation of the Beta Subunit of the Epithelial Sodium Channel: Prevalence and Effect
… hypertension, including within families. In the Khoisan the R563Q mutation was found at a high frequency (19%) in a random sample, suggesting the mutation originated from this population. The saline challenge illustrated the in vivo effects of the mutation. The results suggest that the sodium …
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Circular orientation in performance: a study of the cycle of living and its application in the cultural expression like dance
… histories and the cultural backgrounds of the Khoisan and the Bantu speaking people, form the bases for the interpretation and understanding of dance performances during rituals, recreation and children games. The third chapter investigates the thematic approach towards the interpretation of …
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The politics and policies of repatriating archaeological skeletal material : a case study into South Africa's indigenous past
… from the Griqua National Conference and the Khoisan Representative Council. Attendances at occasions such as the repatriation ceremony of Cornelius Kok II in September 1996, and the first annual Khoisan Conference in July 1997, were documented through note taking and photographing. The case …
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Un-structuring Museums: reclaiming agency and space in the Company Gardens
… to share the narrative of indigenous plants and Khoisan-based plant knowledge through its design. Initially, this dissertation aimed to find a fixed framework and approach to de-colonial museum design. But through the research process it becomes clear that there is no fixed approach to de- …
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Anthropomorphism and social issues in selected Namibian children’s literature
… analysed were from different tribes such as the Khoisan people, the Ovambo, the Kavango the Herero, Nama and the Damara. The stories are of a folklore nature; thus, they tell the stories from the cultural perspectives of the Namibian people. The study aimed to explore how anthropomorphism as a …
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Architecture and/in place: Studying the physical and contextual connection between buildings and landscape
… 2013 setting out the development of a National Khoisan Heritage Route in which Elands Bay is included. The design places the museum as a threshold between the natural- and man-made landscapes in Elands Bay. This allows the design to explore a connection between the building, the town, and the …
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The R563Q mutation of the beta subunit of the epithelial sodium channel : prevalence and effect
… hypertension, including within families. In the Khoisan the R563Q mutation was found at a high frequency (19%) in a random sample, suggesting the mutation originated from this population. The saline challenge illustrated the in vivo effects of the mutation. The results suggest that the sodium …
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Mapping genes underlying ethnic differences in tuberculosis risk by linkage disequilibrium in the South African coloured population of the Western Cape
… of unions between Europeans, Africans (Bantu and Khoisan), and various other populations (Malaysian or Indonesian descent). The world-wide burden of tuberculosis remains an enormous problem, and is particularly severe in this population. In general, admixed populations that have arisen in …
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Investigations into the complexity and polymorphism of HLA-D loci in South Africa
… these groups, which in part may be explained by Khoisan admixture in the SA Negroes. In addition, striking frequency differences were observed between the three SA populations. For example, in the Xhosa the HLA-DR1, DR4, DR7, DRw8, DQw2, DQw3, Dw1 and Dw3 specificities were found at a …
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Museums and the construction of race ideologies: the case of natural history and ethnographic museums in South Africa
… 'lesser' beings, namely the black Africans and KhoiSan in particular. The colonial museum collected these human remains for race 'science' under politically motivated circumstances to feed to the idea that black 'inferiority' and white 'superiority' as a new global socio-political order. The …