Research Catalog

Title

Voices from the Kavango : a study of the contract labour system in Namibia, 1925-1972 / Kletus Muhena Likuwa ; foreword by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie.

Author

Likuwa, Kletus

Publication

• Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Description

xii, 217 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Basel Namibia studies series ; 22

Uniform Title

Basel Namibia studies series ; 22.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Contract system (Labor) > Namibia > Kavango > History > 20th century
• Contract labor > Namibia > Kavango > Social conditions > 20th century
• Temporary employment > Namibia > Kavango > History > 20th century
• Migrant labor > Namibia > Kavango > History > 20th century
• Work environment > Namibia > Kavango > History > 20th century
• Namibia
• Kavango
• contract labour
• labour migration
• work environment
• living conditions
• Work environment
• Migrant labor
• Contract system (Labor)
• Economic history
• Temporary employment
• Arbeitnehmerüberlassung
• Kavango (Namibia) > Economic conditions > 20th century
• Namibia > Kavango
• Okawango-Gebiet

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-186) and index.

Contents

Foreword / by Uma Dhupelia Mesthrie -- Acknowledgment -- Preface -- Introduction -- Historiographical review on the contract labour system -- Archival sources -- Oral interviews -- Tracing the History of the Contract Labour System in the Kavango, 1885-1950s -- Introduction -- Early intrusions by traders and hunters -- The German colonial regime in Kavango -- The South African presence in the Kavango -- Labour recruitment by South African officials -- The formation of the Northern Labour Organization (NLO) and its operations, 1925-1943 -- The formation of South West Africa Native Labour Association (SWANLA) and its operations -- Conclusion -- "They Used to Buy Us" : Labour Migration from Kavango -- Introduction -- Reasons for contract labour migration -- Migration journeys, 1925-1972 -- Women in labour narratives -- Conclusion -- Living and Work Experiences -- Introduction -- The contract labourers on farms -- The South African mines and compounds -- Namibian mines and compounds -- Conclusion -- Returning Home : Economic, Social Impact and Worker Mobilization -- Introduction -- Mathias Ndumba Shikombero's life story -- Economic and social impact -- Mobilizing politically -- Conclusion -- General Conclusions and Lessons -- Bibliography -- Photographs of interviewees taken by Kletus Muhena Likuwa -- Index.

ISBN

• 9783906927190
• 3906927199

OCLC

• on1180973004
• 1180973004
• SCSB-9838031

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library