Download or read book Dibebe of the Okavango written by Thomas J. Larson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting Huckleberry Finn kind of story is about two African herdboys in 1950 going down the Okavango River in a dugout canoe. The beautiful river flows down out of the Benguela Highlands of Angola, crosses the Caprivi Strip of Namibia, then into Botswana where it spreads out through the vast Okavango Delta. The true-to-life adventures of Dibebe and Andara are about hunting, fishing, surviving, visiting friends and kinsmen along the great meandering river. The Hambukushu tribal ceremonies are true to the culture of these remote riverine people. Brave canoemen have traveled through the vast delta in dugout canoes. Bushman paintings can be seen in the mysterious Tsodilo Hills. It is possible that prehistoric peoples left their bones in a cave in these hills. The anthropologist author made eight expeditions from 1950 to 1994 to study the culture of these matrilineal, Bantu-speaking hunters, fishermen, farmers. All events in the story were possible in those long ago days of 1950. This story of karikaripamatango - the olden days - is most informative and educational reading for young people and adults alike!
Download or read book The Hambukushu Rainmakers of the Okavango written by Thomas John Larson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of the terrible AIDS tragedy unfolding in southern Africa, one gets an enormous sense of sadness and loss when reading The Hambukushu Rainmakers of the Okavango. Tom J. Larson was one of the last anthropologists to experience and record their ancient culture before it was so radically impacted by modernization and the ravages of the AIDS epidemic. Over the course of many years, he earned the trust of the Hambukushu and was allowed the kind of access needed to painstakingly record the minutiae of every aspect of their daily lives. What emerged is a portrait of a complex, distinctive African culture defined by the abundance of their homeland, the vast and wild Okavango River delta, and by the powerful Rainmaker chiefs who controlled the very fabric of their existence. To read Larson's extraordinary book is to understand how the belief systems that worked so well for them for centuries wreak such havoc on them today.
Download or read book Novels of Botswana in English 1930 2006 written by S. Lederer and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Lederer provides a valuable critical/historical survey of the genesis and development of the English novel in Botswana. This book comes as a timely correction of the notion that Botswana has no sustained fiction written in English, thus filling a gap that has existed for a long time in the literature of that country.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Botswana written by Fred Morton and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008-04-23 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Botswana_through its chronology, introductory essay, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, institutions, and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects_provides an important reference on this burgeoning African country.
Download or read book From Oxford to the Okavango written by Thomas John Larson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World explorer Tom Larson is off on another grand adventure this time with his wife and three small children! First they go to Woodstock, England while he studies for his MLitt degree at Oxford, then they are off to Johannesburg, South Africa where Larson has a teaching position at the Witwatersrand University. During vacations he goes to Botswana to continue studies of the Hambukushu people he started in 1950. There is never a dull moment for the Larson family or the reader as the story moves from their lovely home "The Cardinal1s Hat" near stately Blenheim Palace Park in England to native African outposts in the vast, wild Okavango River delta country of Southern Africa. This book is an amazing read! Alec Campbell of Botswana states: "Tom is an old time indefatigable explorer who still works on his enormous accumulation of data, lectures to students, and who still works at research in the Society Islands of French Polynesia."
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Download or read book Where To Camp written by and published by Where To Stay. This book was released on 2019-06-08 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where To Camp Namibia, Botswana and Cape to Namibia Route. Campsites, Restaurants, Services, Shops and Tour Operators. Detailed Maps and direct contact details.
Download or read book Dibebe Choice written by Thomas John Larson and published by Interculture Associates. This book was released on 1978 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a Hambukushu village chief in Botswana must decide whether to earn a living as a miner in South Africa or continue his schooling.
Download or read book Tales from the Okavango written by Thomas J. Larson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from the Okavango tells several typical Hambukushu folktales, partly in narration and partly in song. Some of the tales are heard only in song, others only in narration. Most of the stories take place along the Okavango River in Africa. Animal characters interact with legendary characters, Nyambi the god, and the Hambukushu. Learn the story of Chief Chakova, who goes on an epic journey in search of his father; and the story of Nyambi's climb into heaven by the spider web. Meet Kadimba the hare, Ngando the crocodile, and Mbwawathe the silver fox who are the clever ones who outwit Nthoo the leopard....and many more fascinating characters. These are authentic folk tales told to Professor Larson by the three greatest Hambukushu story tellers: Setomba the ancient blind man of Shakawe, Mohore the magician, and Samarango the great magician of Seronga.
Download or read book International Directory of Scholars and Specialists in Third World Studies written by James Duffy and published by [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Crossroads Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Botswana written by Chris McIntyre and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2007 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bradt guide to Botswana concentrates on the prime regions for travelers and safari visitors, with all the essentials on the cities of Gaborone and Maun. Also included are in-depth coverage of national parks and game reserves and background on the people and culture of the region.
Download or read book Where To Stay Namibia written by Daan Roux and published by Where To Stay Namibia Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-06 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel and Itinerary planner about Namibia and Routes into Namibia from Botswana and Cape Town. Accommodation, Activities, Restaurants, Shops, Vehicle Hire, Tour Operators and Tourism Services. Detailed Maps and information on more than 500 Establishments in Namibia, including: Lodges, Hotels, Guesthouses, Guest farms, Rest camps, Camping and more.
Download or read book Bayeyi and Hambukushu Tales from the Okavango written by Thomas John Larson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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