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Title:Goat Raising among the San in Central Kalahari
Author:Ikeya, KazunobuISNI
Year:1992
Periodical:African Study Monographs
Volume:14
Issue:1
Pages:39-52
Language:English
Geographic term:Botswana
Subjects:San
goats
Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:https://jambo.africa.kyoto-u.ac.jp/kiroku/asm_normal/abstracts/pdf/ASM%20%20Vol.14%20No.1%201993/Kazunobu%20IKEYA.pdf
Abstract:This paper examines the technical and socioeconomic aspects of goat raising among the San of the Central Kalahari. Research was carried out in 1987-1988 in the Kade area, Ghantsi District, Botswana. First, spatio-temporal aspects of goat raising are discussed, viz. the distribution of herds, the differing numbers of goats in the different camps, and such temporal aspects as changes in the total number of goats and the inheritance of goats. Next, the technical aspects of goat raising are analysed from two viewpoints: the age-sex composition of goat herds, and goat management and breeding. The latter is divided into the everyday chores of herders and the chores that arise during the growth of a goat. Finally, attention is paid to the significance of goats in the economic and social life of the San. As for their economic value, goats are raised not only to be exchanged for shoes, donkeys, radio sets, or horses, but also to be sold to merchants visiting from outside the area, and they are purchased as savings for emergencies. The social value of goats among the San is reflected in the 'goat consignment relationship'. Some people have their goats consigned to people in other camps. Such consignment relationships serve to confirm and strengthen the social relations between the consignor and the consignee. Notes, ref., sum.
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