Book contents
- Shaping the African Savannah
- African Studies Series
- Shaping the African Savannah
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 The Evolution of Pre-Colonial Environmental Infrastructure
- Part 3 Encapsulation and Pastoralisation, 1900s to 1940s
- 4 Scientists, Cartographers, Photographers, and the Establishment of Western Knowledge of the Kaokoveld
- 5 The Establishment of Colonial Administration and the Re-establishment of a Pastoral Livelihood
- 6 The Politics of Encapsulation: Game Protection, Instituting Borders, and Controlling Mobility
- Part 4 The State, Intervention, and Local Appropriations between the 1950s and 1980s
- Part 5 Dynamics of Social-Ecological Relations between the 1990s and the Present
- Part 6 Theorising Time, Space, and Change in a Pastoral System
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
5 - The Establishment of Colonial Administration and the Re-establishment of a Pastoral Livelihood
from Part 3 - Encapsulation and Pastoralisation, 1900s to 1940s
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2020
Book contents
- Shaping the African Savannah
- African Studies Series
- Shaping the African Savannah
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 The Evolution of Pre-Colonial Environmental Infrastructure
- Part 3 Encapsulation and Pastoralisation, 1900s to 1940s
- 4 Scientists, Cartographers, Photographers, and the Establishment of Western Knowledge of the Kaokoveld
- 5 The Establishment of Colonial Administration and the Re-establishment of a Pastoral Livelihood
- 6 The Politics of Encapsulation: Game Protection, Instituting Borders, and Controlling Mobility
- Part 4 The State, Intervention, and Local Appropriations between the 1950s and 1980s
- Part 5 Dynamics of Social-Ecological Relations between the 1990s and the Present
- Part 6 Theorising Time, Space, and Change in a Pastoral System
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Summary
Chapter 5 deals with the establishment of a colonial administration in the region. Whereas the German administration hardly established any enduring administrative structures in the region, the South African government was more ambitious to ensure dominance and administrative effectiveness. Closely connected to (but not controlled by) the advancing colonial administration is the rapid repastoralisation of the population. Within a period of thirty years a community subsisting mainly on foraging and small stock keeping turns itself into a prosperous cattle rearing community.
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- Shaping the African SavannahFrom Capitalist Frontier to Arid Eden in Namibia, pp. 93 - 105Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020