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

Saugestad, Sidsel

ISBN 10: 9171064753 / ISBN 13: 9789171064752

Published by Nordic Africa Institute, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Inconvenient Indigenous: Remote Area Development in Botswana, Donor Assistance and the First People of the Kalahari
• Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9171064753
• ISBN 13: 9789171064752
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Book Type: book

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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.