The Ju/'hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian Independence - Biesele, Megan; Hitchcock, Robert K.
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Demonstrates how a group of former hunter-gatherers, speaking an exotic click language, formed a grassroots movement that led them to become a dynamic part of the new nation of Namibia Discredits the images and myths of the Ju/’hoan and other San (previously called "Bushmen") as either noble savages or helpless victims Demonstrates the responsiveness of current anthropological advocacy to the aspirations of one of the best-known indigenous societies.

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Demonstrates how a group of former hunter-gatherers, speaking an exotic click language, formed a grassroots movement that led them to become a dynamic part of the new nation of Namibia Discredits the images and myths of the Ju/’hoan and other San (previously called "Bushmen") as either noble savages or helpless victims Demonstrates the responsiveness of current anthropological advocacy to the aspirations of one of the best-known indigenous societies.
Autorenporträt
Megan Biesele directs the Kalahari Peoples Fund, a US-based advocacy organization. Since the 1970s she has worked with Ju/'hoan San communities in Botswana and Namibia developing curriculum and language archives. She directed the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation at the time of Namibian Independence, and helped establish both the Nyae Nyae Village Schools Project and the Nyae Nyae Conservancy. Her publications include "Women Like Meat": The Folklore and Foraging Ideology of the Kalahari Ju/'hoan (Witwatersrand and Indiana, 1993) and Hunters and Gatherers in the Modern World (co-editor, Berghahn Books, 2000).