Naming the Land - Julie J. Taylor

This book encompasses a history of identity-building amongst Khwe San people and of contestations for authority over land and natural resources in Namibia's West Caprivi. The politics of authority in this contested borderland area were significantly shaped by state and NGO interventions into local institutions and land use between the late 1930s and 2006. Julie J. Taylor pays close attention to the role of NGOs in these processes. She shows that in their relationship with West Caprivi's residents NGOs unintentionally contributed towards the hardening and politicising of ethnic difference including through the implementation of land mapping projects. At the same time in their relationship with the state NGOs often worked to depoliticise struggles over authority thus inadvertently reinforcing the state's authority in the area.

TITLE: Naming the Land

AUTHOR: Julie J. Taylor

SKU: 9783905758252

PUBLISHER: Basler Afrika Bibliographien

DATE PUBLISHED: 11/11/2012

PLACE PUBLISHED: Switzerland

PAGES: 280

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 170 mm x 240 mm