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Title:Where are the Ju/wasi of Nyae Nyae? Changes in a Bushman society, 1958-1981
Authors:Marshall, John
Ritchie, ClaireISNI
Year:1984
Issue:9
Pages:187
Language:English
Series:Communications
City of publisher:Rondebosch, South Africa
Publisher:Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town
ISBN:079920918X
Geographic term:Namibia
Subject:San
Abstract:Foreword by Martin E. WEST, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town. The Ju/wa San or Bushman people of the Nyae Nyae region in the northern Kalahari desert - extending for over 45 000 km2 lying north and south along both sides of the Namibia/Botswana border - were the last independent hunters and gatherers in southern Africa. This report describes some of the irreversible changes that have overtaken them since 1960. It includes: a genealogical census; observation of activities; diet surveys; residence movement patterns; livestock management; and economic/work histories of selected individuals. Four appendices: Rainfall table - Breakdown of the authors' current population estimates Summary of a poll conducted in 1982 on the establishment of a Mature Conservation Area in eastern Bushmanland - Residence tables.