8 Land, Boreholes and Fences: The Development of Commercial Livestock Farming in the Outjo District, Namibia

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables viii
4. List of Abbreviations xiii
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. Introduction. Specialisation and Diversification among African Pastoral Societies 1
7. Part I: The Prehistory of Pastoralism in Africa
8. 1 Herders before Pastoralism: Prehistoric Prelude in the Eastern Sahara 31
9. 2 ‘I Hope Your Cattle Are Well’: Archaeological Evidence for Early Cattle-centred Behaviour in the Eastern Sahara of Sudan and Chad 66
10. 3 Trajectories of Pastoralism in Northern and Central Kenya: An Overview of the Archaeological and Environmental Evidence 104
11. 4 From the First Stock Keepers to Specialised Pastoralists in the West African Savannah 145
12. 5 A Short History of Early Herding in Southern Africa 171
13. Part II: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics of Pastoralism
14. 6 Establishing a Precolonial ‘Modern’ Cattle-and-Gun Society: (Re-)Pastoralisation, Mercantile Capitalism and Power amongst Herero in Nineteenth-century Central Namibia 201
15. 7 The Emergence of Commercial Ranching under State Control and the Encapsulation of Pastoralism in African Reserves 230
16. 8 Land, Boreholes and Fences: The Development of Commercial Livestock Farming in the Outjo District, Namibia 257
17. 9 The Political Ecology of Specialisation and Diversification: Long-term Dynamics of Pastoralism in East Pokot District, Kenya 289
18. 10 Social-ecological Change and Institutional Development in a Pastoral Community in North-western Namibia 316
19. 11 Pastoral Belonging: Causes and Consequences of Part-time Pastoralism in North-western Namibia 341
20. Part III: Violence, Trade, Conservation and Pastoralism in Africa
21. 12 Pastoralism, Conflict and the State in Contemporary Eastern Chad: The Case of Zaghawa–Tama Relationships 365
22. 13 Unofficial Trade When States Are Weak: The Case of Cross-border Livestock Trade in the Horn of Africa 389
23. 14 Pastoralism and Trans-Saharan Trade: The Transformation of a Historical Trade Route between Eastern Chad and Libya 412
24. 15 Pastoralism and Nature Conservation in Southern Africa 440
25. Part IV: Pastoral Modernities in Africa
26. 16 The Indigenisation of Pastoral Modernity: Territoriality, Mobility and Poverty in Dryland Africa 473
27. Notes on Contributors 511
28. Index 517