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   The politics of the liminal and the liminoid in transfrontier conservation in southern Africa

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Marja Spierenburg --- Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology, The Netherlands

   Nature conservation in South(ern) Africa was for a long time dominated by white males and funded by a white elite. In postapartheid South Africa, government and conservation organisations have attempted to transform the sector by promoting the idea that local...

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   “We have that connection, we have love; we take wildlife as gifts from our ancestors”: relations between antelopes and Khwe in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Romie Nghitevelekwa --- University of Namibia, Namibia Selma Lendelvo --- University of Namibia, Namibia Fenny Ndapewa Nakanyete --- University of Namibia, Namibia Kletus Likuwa --- Social Sciences Division, University of Namibia, Namibia Kenneth Matengu --- University of Namibia, Namibia David Mushavanga --- , Namibia

   Wildlife plays significant roles in many societies that go beyond its ecological importance and economic rationale associated with conservation. This article examines the meanings of antelopes for the Khwe people in Bwabwata National Park in north-eastern Namibia. It underlines the...

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