Juju
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Ch 10: The Ju/' hoansi & their neighbors
o The Ju/'hoansi share the Dobe area with the Herero and Tswana pastorals.
o They grow crops and have herds yet are all based on kinship and are don't have developed markets or governments.
o Herero's are the largest groups of in the Dobe area. They are Bantu speaking people.
o Were influenced by the German missionaries who pushed them out of their land. They attacked colonists and Germany declared war, ultimately killing 60% of them.
o Working on Herero cattle posts is major source of employment of the Ju.
o With the H& T's came major ecological changes.
o Wells were deepened to ensure water supply for stock and were also fenced in.
o Has created more sanitary water but less is available. Goats have also destroyed the grass. And each cattle post now has a permanent population of houseflies.
o Working for the Herero's gives a Ju a donkey to ride as well as an outfit. Wages are minimum but it offers a calf in the long run and ability to offer relatives hospitality.
o Intermarriage is common with Ju women marry Black men.
o Advantages- Ju woman are in the area and are use to the life in the bush. No bride payment for marrying a Ju woman. Good Lovers.
o Disadvantages - Free Spited woman, wont listen to husbands.
o SWARA - term used for a brother-in-law in an interracial marriage. It is used reciprocally and in a joking manner to help ease tensions.
Ch 11: Perceptions & Directions of Social Change
o Ju/'hoansi still isolated in 1963. Thought whites were wild animals.
o Decade later isolation disappeared and knowledge about the outside world grew. Disagreements as to the progress
o Shift from hunting to farming and herding
o Mobility is then restricted by the need for daily supervision of animals. Children are pressed into...
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