essay
The Nama and others
Hunters and herders of southern Africa : a comparative ethnography of the Khoisan peoples • Cambridge • Published In 1992 • Pages: 176-198, 301-336
By: Barnard, Alan (Alan J.).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This material provides a brief survey of Nama history with particular reference to their historical and cultural relations with other ethnic groups in southern Afria. Extracting information from different sources including historical accounts, early ethnography, recent studies and oral tradition, the author argues that the Nama should be considered as representatives of the Khoisan culture area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Cultural identity and pride
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- History
- Comparative evidence
- Community structure
- Inter-ethnic relations
- External relations
- External migration
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Khoi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1880-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Africa and Namibia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alan Barnard
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-336)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91017705
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Khoisan (African people)