The Inconvenient Indigenous: Remote Area Development in Botswana, Donor Assistance and the First People of the Kalahari - Softcover

Saugestad, Sidsel

 
9789171064752: The Inconvenient Indigenous: Remote Area Development in Botswana, Donor Assistance and the First People of the Kalahari
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9171064753 ISBN 13: 9789171064752
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute, 2001

Synopsis

The book deals with the relationship between the government of Botswana and its indigenous minority, known as Bushmen, San, Basarwa, or more recently N/oakwe, and tries to understand why the San people remain a marginalized minority in a country that since independence in 1966 has committed itself to a democratic and non-racial agenda. While there have been dozens of books published on the ethnography of the San, this is the first book that places them in the comparative context of indigenous peoples’ struggle for recognition. An in-depth documentation and analysis is given of a series of events in 1992 and 1993 that were crucial in establishing San indigenous organizations and identities.

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Publisher
Nordic Africa Institute
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9171064753
ISBN 13 
9789171064752
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
230