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Certain rites of transition and the conception of !Nau among the Hottentotsarticle 1918 • Hoernlé, Winifred
Khoi • Africa > Southern Africa
This document's brief descriptions of various 'rites de passage' as observed by and told to the author shortly before World War I. The various rites had survived in the main only in much reduced form and much information was derived only by questioni...The social organization of the Nama Hottentots of South Africaarticle 1925 • Hoernlé, Winifred
Khoi • Africa > Southern Africa
This article describes Nama Hottentot social organization. Data are given on the tribes and sibs, and a listing of the kinship terms is included with some discussion of interpersonal relationships as they relate to this terminology....The expression of the social value of water among the Naman of South-West Africaarticle 1923 • Hoernlé, Winifred
Khoi • Africa > Southern Africa
This article discusses the function of water among the Nama Hottentots. It describes native beliefs regarding the danger of water at life-crisis periods, and the use and taboo of water in ceremonies relating to these crises....