2023, Publikationen

Luregn Lenggenhager, Martha Akawa, Giorgio Miescher, Romie Nghitevelekwa, Ndidzulafhi Innocent Sinthumule (eds.) (2023): The Lower !Garib – Orange River. Pasts and Presents of a Southern African Border Region. transcript: Bielefeld

The Lower !Garib, or Orange River, flows through the historical Namaqualand and since 1990 has formed the international border between Namibia and South Africa. The contributors to this volume focus on this hardly discussed stretch of the Orange River to understand the region’s social history, geography, and economy. This book brings together scholars from Namibia, South Africa, and overseas, as well as the knowledge and analysis from people living in the region. In concise chapters and short portraits, they discuss the region’s past and present from a variety of perspectives.

Kapitel-Übersicht

  1. Frontmatter

    Seiten 1 – 4

  2. Contents

    Seiten 5 – 8

  3. Introduction

    The Lower ǃGarib / Orange River: A Cross-border Microregion

    Seiten 11 – 24

  4. Movements, Networks and Imaginations

    Entangled Networks: Ethnicity, Mobility, and Exchange in the Lower ǃGarib / Orange River Region in the Late 18th Century

    Seiten 27 – 50

  5. The Visit of the Snake: The Storied Landscape of the Lower ǃGarib in the mid-1830s

    Seiten 51 – 64

  6. Imaginations and Constructions of Literary Spaces: The Lower ǃGarib / Orange River Region in Literature

    Seiten 65 – 78

  7. Fritz Isak (Zak) Gomaxnab Dirkse IGabaxab: Teacher and Promoter of Nama Language

    Seiten 79 – 80

  8. Changing Dynamics of Settler Farming

    The Enigma of the Namaqualand Trekboer

    Seiten 83 – 98

  9. Permeable Borders: Configurations of whiteness and Boer Commercial Ranching in Southern Namibia

    Seiten 99 – 118

  10. Swimming Upstream: From ‚Poor-Whites‘ to ‚Coloureds‘ along South Africa’s Lower Orange River

    Seiten 119 – 144

  11. Monika and Willem Basson: Farming and Living along the River

    Seiten 145 – 148

  12. Living along the River

    Onseepkans: Irrigation, Removals and Resistance in the Borderlands of Namibia and South Africa

    Seiten 151 – 164

  13. Company Hegemony and Social Relations in Oranjemund: The Paterson Job Grading System and the 1970s Town Transformations

    Seiten 165 – 178

  14. Understanding the Relationships between the ǀAi-ǀAis Richtersveld Transfrontier Park (ARTP) and Local Communities of ǁGamaseb Conservancy in Namibia

    Seiten 179 – 194

  15. Settling in the Mining Town: An Account of Women linked to Migrant Workers in Oranjemund, Namibia

    Seiten 195 – 206

  16. Anne-Marie IssaBrown Garises: Curator of the Keetmanshoop Museum

    Seiten 207 – 208

  17. Contested Land, Water and Borders

    The Orange River Boundary and the Ongoing Border Dispute Between Namibia and South Africa

    Seiten 211 – 224

  18. Contesting Control over the Namaqualand Landscape through Property

    Seiten 225 – 240

  19. Rethinking River Resilience: The Lower ǃGarib / Orange River

    Seiten 241 – 260

  20. Paulus Johannes: Park ranger

    Seiten 261 – 264

  21. Interdisciplinary Conversations

    Archaeological Space and Time along the Lower Orange River and Coast: Narratives of Gudrun Corvinus

    Seiten 267 – 286

  22. Landscape Archives, Aerial Photography and Geomorphic Change along the Lower Orange River

    Seiten 287 – 296

  23. The Water Quality of the Lower Orange River and its Implications on Human and River Health

    Seiten 297 – 314

  24. Epilogue

    Seiten 315 – 318

  25. Authors and Editors

    Seiten 319 – 326