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Ozongombe mOmbazu ya Kaoko

Cattle Culture of the Kaoko Ovaherero

By: Jekura Uaurika Kavari,Ephraim P. K. Tutjavi,Ngungaa Hangara

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Ozongombe mOmbazu ya Kaoko

Cattle Culture of the Kaoko Ovaherero

By: Jekura Uaurika Kavari,Ephraim P. K. Tutjavi,Ngungaa Hangara

Ozongombe mOmbazu ya Kaoko/Cattle Culture of the Kaoko Ovaherero honours indigenous Sanga/Nguni cattle and their cultural and agricultural significance to the Ovaherero and increasingly to other cattle-breeders. The book introduces Otjiherero vernacular names for a wide variety of hide colours and patterns, horn shapes and ear notches in cattle, illustrated with over 300 colour photographs and drawings which give it the practical value of a bilingual field guide. In depth information on the role of cattle in Ovaherero history and society, way of life, rites of passage, omens, taboos, worship, battle, and techniques of husbandry will interest students of agriculture, veterinary science and anthropology. The book also documents cultural concepts and practices inaccessible to the layperson and many urbanized Ovaherero, but which are still current among cattle-keepers in the isolated region of Kaokoland. This timely record preserves not only cultural information but language terms which otherwise could be lost within the coming generation. Even a brief glance through its pages will serve to show the wonderful richness of Ovaherero cattle culture.

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9994557378

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Ozongombe mOmbazu ya Kaoko

Cattle Culture of the Kaoko Ovaherero

By: Jekura Uaurika Kavari,Ephraim P. K. Tutjavi,Ngungaa Hangara

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Ozongombe mOmbazu ya Kaoko

Cattle Culture of the Kaoko Ovaherero

By: Jekura Uaurika Kavari,Ephraim P. K. Tutjavi,Ngungaa Hangara

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Otuzo twOvaherero

By: Hangara, Hangara

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Otuzo twOvaherero

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Otuzo twOvaherero provides valuable information on Ovaherero patriclans and records folklore and praise poems in Otjiherero. Previously, these did not exist in written form. The book attempts to preserve these oral traditions before they disappear. It aims to restore pride to the Ovaherero, particularly in patrilineages that were displaced by the Ovaherero-German war of 1904-1907. Otuzo twOvaherero is structured around the Ovaherero patrilineal descent system (otuzo) which is the basis of the Ovaherero religion Oupwee. The surnames and homesteads that belong to the same patrilineage are grouped together under each patriclan to help the reader to easily trace the homesteads that belong to one patriclan (and thus have a common ancestry). The distinct features of each patriclan are specified in terms of totems, taboos, patriclans which collaborate, and praise poems of homesteads. All the patriclans and praise poems in this book were collected from Ovaherero communities living in Namibia. The author uses the term ‘Ovaherero’ to include the various groups which speak the common language Otjiherero and which include the Ovahimba, Ovaherero, Ovatjimba and Ovambanderu. This book has the potential to promote unity within the Ovaherero community by showing how families are connected in lineages which trace back centuries.

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University of Namibia Press

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9991642382

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