Berseba Nama

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The Berseba-Nama , actually ǀHai-ǀkhauan , formerly also Isaak-Nama or Goliath-Nama , are an ethnic group of the Nama , an Orlam society in Namibia . They are named after their settlement area around the village of Berseba .

history

The Orlam had formed in the 18th century and were based in Pella and Clanwilliam in South Africa. From 1815 they moved in several trains, because of the better grazing and hunting grounds, north across the Oranje and settled there near the Bethanien mission station . They later settled around Berseba , especially after being ousted by the Bethanien-Nama . As one of the few societies, the Berseba-Nama survived the colonial and apartheid period almost unscathed

The clan had been divided into the Isaak and Goliath camps for at least 1956, but also before that from 1870 . Only the establishment of a traditional administration in 2012 brought partial relief with the recognition of Johannes Isaak as captain and Stephanus Goliath as his vice.

annotation

  1. ↑ Note: This article contains characters from the alphabet of the Khoisan languages spoken in southern Africa . The display contains characters of the click letters ǀ , ǁ , ǂ and ǃ . For more information on the pronunciation of long or nasal vowels or certain clicks , see e.g. B. under Khoekhoegowab .

literature

  • Reinhart Kössler: The Berseba Captaincy after 1938: Collective Identity and Conflict in a Traditional Community in Southern Namibia . In: Africa Spectrum , Sage Publications, 2011, Issue 36, No. 3, pp. 347–362.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reinhart Kössler: The Berseba Captaincy after 1938: Collective Identity and Conflict in a Traditional Community in Southern Namibia . In: Africa Spectrum , Sage Publications, 2011, Issue 36, No. 3, p. 348.
  2. ↑ / Hai- / Khaua Nama tribe picks new leaders. November 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ / Hai- / Khaua clan celebrates anniversary in style. The Namibian, May 2, 2012.