Research Catalog

Title

Die Mbanderu : Studien zu ihrer Geschichte u. Kultur / Theo Sundermeier. Die Kaokoveld-Herero / Silas Kuvare.

Author

Sundermeier, Theo.

Publication

St. Augustin : Anthropos-Inst., 1977.

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Details

Additional Authors

Kuvare, Silas, 1947-

Description

267 p. : 17 ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book is a rare initiative in the field of oral history. The author, a Lutheran clergyman, conducted an extensive series of interviews between 1966 and 1973, and to a large extent the resulting account represents the collective view of the tribal leaders and elders of the rural Mbanderu community, who endorsed the enterprise in part as a means of defining a group identity distinct from that of the Herero. In the first section the oral narrative is presented, assessed and complemented by information from written sources. It concentrates on the late 19th century and the last great pre-colonial leader, Kahimemua. The second describes different aspects of Mbanderu society, politics and religion. The third written by a Herero evangelist, presents a largely anthropological account of the Herero-speaking communities in the Kaokoveld. (Silas Kuvare: "Die Kaokoveld-Herero", p. 187-258). For a revised and annotated edition in English, see no. 1659. (Eriksen/Moorsom 1989).

Series Statement

Collectanea Instituti Anthropos ; v. 14

Uniform Title

Collectanea Instituti Anthropos ; v. 14.

Subject

Mbandieru (African people) > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Summaries in English.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 179-183.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

3921389607

LCCN

^^^79342512^//r893

OCLC

• 4881984
• SCSB-10145944

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library