Author: Legal Assistance Centre (Namibia)
Publisher:
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Category : San (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Author: Suzanne Lafont
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Author: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Publisher:
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 728

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Author: Minna Saarelma-Maunumaa
Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
ISBN: 9522228168
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 373

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What are the most popular names of the Ambo people in Namibia? Why do so many Ambos have Finnish first names? What do the African names of these people mean? Why is the namesake so important in Ambo culture? How did the long independence struggle affect personal naming, and what are the latest name-giving trends in Namibia? This study analyses the changes in the personal naming system of the Ambo people in Namibia over the last 120 years, starting from the year 1883 when the first Ambos received biblical and European names at baptism. The central factors in this process were the German and South African colonisation and European missionary work on the one hand, and the rise of African nationalism on the other hand. Eventually, this clash between African and European naming practices led to a new and dynamic naming system which includes elements of both African and European origin.

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004500227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341

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This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of chapters, the book focuses on different time-periods, geographic regions and cultural and biological aspects of human diversity across the continent. Each chapter summarises current knowledge with perspectives from a varied set of international researchers from diverse areas of expertise. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars interested in evolutionary history and human diversity in Africa. Contributors are Shaun Aron, Ananyo Choudhury, Bernard Clist, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Rosa Fregel, Jackson S. Kimambo, Faye Lander , Marlize Lombard, Fidelis T. Masao, Ezekia Mtetwa, Gilbert Pwiti, Michèle Ramsay, Thembi Russell, Carina Schlebusch, Dhriti Sengupta, Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi, Mário Vicente.

Author: Julia Pauli
Publisher: transcript Verlag
ISBN: 3839443032
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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In Southern Africa, marriage used to be widespread and common. However, over the past decades marriage rates have declined significantly. Julia Pauli explores the meaning of marriage when only few marry. Although marriage rates have dropped sharply, the value of weddings and marriages has not. To marry has become an indicator of upper-class status that less affluent people aspire to. Using the appropriation of marriage by a rural Namibian elite as a case study, the book tells the entwined stories of class formation and marriage decline in post-apartheid Namibia.

Author: Paul John Isaak
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian sociology
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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Author: Bryan M. Sims
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 1920409793
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Idasa's Democracy Index - initially developed for South Africa - is being expanded into Southern Africa in an effort to broaden the capacity of individuals and organisations monitoring and supporting democratic governance efforts in the region. This inaugural Democracy Index for Namibia is intended to set a benchmark for democracy to be measured against. The tool assesses the country's depth of democracy through five focus areas: participation, elections, accountability, political rights, and human dignity. The research relies on expert analysis to answer a set of questions that interrogate how closely, in practice, democracy meets the broad ideal of self-representative government. More specifically, to what extent can citizens control elected officials and government appointees who make decisions about public affairs? And how equal are citizens to one another in this accountability process? The purpose of the scores is to assist citizens in making their own judgements, based on the information made available, to stimulate national debate and to provide democracy promoters with a tool for identifying issues and needs that can be addressed by education, advocacy, training, institution building and policy revision.

Author: Botswana
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789994561193
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Author: Legal Assistance Centre (Namibia). Land, Environment, and Development Project
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789994561520
Category : San (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 650

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