Persistence of Foraging among Tsumkwe Ju/´hoansi in the 21° Century.
Richard B. Lee
- Osaka-JP : National Museum Ethnology, 2018.
- páginas 161-176: ilustraciones blanco y negro.
- Irregular
- no. 99 (2018)
- Senri Ethnological Studies ; no. 99 .
- National Museum of Ethnology Osaka. .
Ju/'hoansi San of the Nyae Nyae Conservancy in northeastern Namibia have been undergoing processes of social and economic change since the 1950s. This chapter documents these changes in the areas of subsistence economy, health, and religious practices. The strong persistence of foraging, the presence of wild foods in their diet, and the revalorization of 'the bush', as well as the still very low rates of HIV in the population, all give grounds for cautious optimism for the future of the Nyae Nyae Ju/'hoansi. However, threats to their well-being do exist, the most immediate in the form of a land invasion by neighbouring Herero.