Veldschoendrager
The Veldschoendrager officially in Khoekhoegowab ǁHawoben , also German field wearer and Afrikaans Veldskoendraers , are a clan of the Nama with settlements in Namibia .
They are headed by a Kaptein , also recognized in independent Namibia, as the leader of the ǁHawoben Traditional Authority . The office has been held by a new captain since 2011, before Hans Titus died four years earlier after 27 years in office . The current status of the Veldschoendrager is controversial. According to their own statements, they have been recognized as a separate traditional group since 1998 . According to other sources, this is not the case and therefore the appointment of a captain is illegal.
history
The Velschoendrager populated from the 1820s, especially the area around the historical, pre-colonial city ǁKhauxa!nas and called their settlement Schans Vlakte (too German about Fortress level ) Due to drought and the outbreak of rinderpest the settlement area from the 1840s to the north was moved . In 1886 Schans Vlakte, i.e. the Kora-Orap farm , was sold by the Veldschoendrager.
According to the German Colonial Lexicon , the Veldschoendrager were considered to be exterminated in 1920.
annotation
- ↑ 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 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b field shoe wearer. Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon, 1920, Volume I, p. 605.
- ↑ Veldskoendraers,! Kharo! Oan at loggerheads. Namibian Sunn, June 11, 2012. ( Memento from May 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Net blou bloed sal kwalifiseer. Die Republikein, January 11, 2012. ( Memento from May 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ // Khauxainas The lost city of south-eastern namibia. Namibian Sun, February 8, 2013. ( Memento from May 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive )