Voices from the Kavango. A Study of the Contract Labour System in Namibia, 1925–1972
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Voices from the Kavango explores the contribution that the life histories and the voices of the contract labourers make to our understanding of the contract labour system in Namibia. In particular it asks: is it possible to view the migration of the Kavango labourers as a progressive step, or does the paradigm of exploitation and suppression remain the dominant one? The study highlights contract labourers engaging in a defeating activity and their disappointment with the little rewards which were non-lasting solutions to their problems. The realization of their entrapment under the contract system and the eventual frustrations led to the political mobilization for independence by SWAPO.
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Foreword by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
Basel Namibia Studies Series 22, 2020
218p., illustrations, index
CHF 32.00 Print | CHF 22.00 PDF
ISBN 978-3-906927-19-0
eISBN 978-3-906927-20-6
ISSN 2234-9561
eISSN 2297-458X
Basel Namibia Studies Series 22, 2020
218p., illustrations, index
CHF 32.00 Print | CHF 22.00 PDF
ISBN 978-3-906927-19-0
eISBN 978-3-906927-20-6
ISSN 2234-9561
eISSN 2297-458X
Authors
Kletus Likuwa obtained his PhD from the University of the Western Cape for the thesis which comprises this book. He is the Deputy Director for the Multidisciplinary Research Centre (MRC) at the University of Namibia in Windhoek.
