Contesting Caprivi : A History of Colonial Isolation and Regional Nationalism in Namibia.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Isolation, Invasions and a 'Caprivian' Identity -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Population -- Ethnic Terminology -- Sources and Methodology -- Limitations of the Study -- Literature Review -- 2 Pre-Colonial Caprivi: Conquest, Betrayel and Rivalry -- Subiya-Lozi Relations -- Subiya-Makololo Interaction -- Subiya Defiance after the Lozi Restoration -- Other Groups in Pre-colonial Caprivi -- Summary -- 3 Colonial Administrative Identity I: From 1890 to World War II -- Informal Colonialism: Missionaries, Traders, and their Interaction in Caprivi -- The Creation of the Caprivi Identities -- Germany's Riparian State on the Zambezi -- Creating the Caprivi Identities -- Administering the Caprivi during the German Colonial Rule -- A Sphere of Influence, 1890-1909 -- Ma-Dostela in Der Caprivi Zipfel, 1909-1914 -- A Transferable Identity: The Caprivi 1914-1939 -- Military Rule, 1915-1921 -- Under the Bechuanaland Administration, 1921-1929 -- Appended to SWAA: The Caprivi Strip 1929-1939 -- 4 Colonial Administrative Identity II: From Bantu Reserve to Bantustan, 1939-1982 -- A Bantu Reserve, 1939-1960 -- Perceptions of Land and People -- A Place of Natural Beauty: The ECZ Bantu Reserve -- The Imperial War Graves Commission and the Caprivi -- Chief Simataa Mamili and the Administration -- Education and Health -- Barotse Privileges, Muntunjobuswa and the Caprivian Identities -- A South African Bantustan in Central Africa, the Caprivi Strip 1960-1980 -- The Odendaal Recommendation for a Bantustan -- The UN, Odendaal and the Caprivian Identities -- The Planning Committee -- Growth of Katima Mulilo and Social Control -- Ngweze Village Development -- The Caprivi Legislative Assembly and Caprivi Government -- Summary -- 5 The Frontier Identity of the Eastern Caprivi Zipfel.

The Mfecane and Refuge as an Aspect of Frontier Identity -- Outlaw Frontier, 1890 - 1909 -- Migrant Labour as an Aspect of Frontier Identity -- Military Frontier as an Aspect of Caprivianness -- Summary -- 6 Rival Histories and Contested Caprivi Identities -- The Dispute over 'Indigenousness' between Mafwe and Masubiya -- The Internal Boundary Issue -- History of the Internal Boundary Dispute -- Katima Mulilo: A Communal Capital -- Bukalo, Seat of Munitenge Royal Establishment -- The Lake Lyambezi Area -- Caprivi Politics and the Issue of Indigenousness -- The Mafwe Kuta -- Self-Government and Indigenousness -- The Katima Declaration on National Reconciliation -- Summary -- 7 African Responses to the Caprivi Identities -- Sources of Discontent Prior to 1946 -- The Proposed Incorporation of SWA into the Union -- The Odendaal Commission Public Hearings -- The Public Hearings at Katima Mulilo -- The Caprivi African National Union (CANU) -- The Changing World Beyond our Borders -- The Formation of CANU -- CANU's Subversive Activities against the Authorities -- A Cattle Sale as a Contested Terrain -- 8 Regional Nationalism and Repression -- Political Repression and Brendan Simbwaye's Disappearance -- The Trial of Brendan Simbwaye and his Co-accused -- The Simbwaye-Goldblatt-Kapuuo Connection -- The 1968 Singalamwe (Mayala village) Massacre -- CANU: 1964 and after -- The 'New CANU' -- Summary -- 9 Secession: The Identity of People as 'Caprivians' and not Namibians -- A Peripheral Identity: Caprivi Under Colonialism -- South Africa's Construction of Caprivi Secession -- Mishake Muyongo and Caprivi Secession -- Summary -- 10 Conclusion -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.

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