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HUNTERS AND HERDERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
A COMPARATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE KHOISAN PEOPLES |
| By: |
Alan Barnard, Meyer Fortes, Edmund Leach |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521428653 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521428651 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 1992 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology No. 85 |
| Pages: |
380 |
| Description: |
This book explores the similarities between the peoples of Southern Africa, including the famous Bushmen or San "hunters", the Khoekhoe "herders" and the Damara, also a herding people, and the influence of environment and history on aspects of Khoisan culture. |
| Synopsis: |
The Khoisan are a cluster of southern African peoples, including the famous Bushmen or San 'hunters', the Khoekhoe 'herders' (in the past called 'Hottentots'), and the Damara, also a herding people. Most Khoisan live in the Kalahari desert and surrounding areas of Botswana and Namibia. In spite of differences in their way of life, the various groups have much in common, and this book explores these similarities and the influence of environment and history on aspects of Khoisan culture. This is the first book on the Khoisan as a whole since the publication in 1930 of The Khoisan Peoples of South Africa, by Isaac Schapera, doyen of southern African studies. |
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| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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