Bushmanland

Bushmanland
Capital	no
size	23,927 km²
Residents	11,762 (1960)
Form of government	Homeland
founding	1970
resolution	May 1989 (before Namibia's independence )
currency	South African rand
license plate	SWA
Location of the former homeland Bushmanland

Map of the Bushmanland

Bushmannland ( English Bushmanland ) is the historical name for a in today Namibian region Otjozondjupa located Homeland . It was set up primarily for the San ( Bushmen ) in 1970 as part of the South African homeland strategy . The largest settlement is Tsumkwe on the edge of the Kalahari .

The Bushmanland has been used for tourism since the 1980s. The traditional culture of the San, who are predominantly resident in Tsumkwe, has been increasingly lost not only since Namibia's independence .

literature

• Robert J. Gordon, Stuart Sholto Douglas, The Bushman Myth - The Making Of A Namibian Underclass See CONTENTS . Routledge, 2000; doi: 10.4324 / 9780429494550 ; ISBN 9780429494550

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tsumkwe / Bushmanland namibia-info.net, accessed December 23, 2017
2. ↑ Anthony A. D'Amato: The Bantustan Proposals for South-West Africa ( Memento from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) The Journal of Modern African Studies 1966, pp. 177–192 (English)
3. ↑ Tsumkwe info-namibia.com, accessed December 23, 2017
4. ↑ Namibia: Behind the World Der Spiegel , January 7, 1985
5. ↑ Eckhard Fuhr: Safe through the bush under the protection of locals Die Welt , November 24, 2010
6. ↑ Hellmuth Vensky: Colonial History: German South West Africa becomes Namibia Die Zeit , March 21, 2010
7. ↑ Ethnology of the Ju / 'Hoansi / The life of the Ju /' Hoansi today LCFN , accessed on December 23, 2017

Coordinates: 19 ° 35 ′  S , 20 ° 31 ′  E