Kirsten Alnaes
Biographic Data
| ID | 109218 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsten Alnaes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsten |
| FAMILY NAME | Alnaes |
| SIGNATURE | ALNAES K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Crisis of the State
Living with the past
Introduction'I am in the Batawana's country,' wrote the Herero chief Samuel Maharero to the British Magistrate in Tsau in Ngamiland on 28 September 1904. 'I am writing to tell you that I have been fighting with the Germans in my country; the Germans were my friends; they made me suffer so much by the manner in which they troubled me, that I fought with them...' (PRO CO 879/80). On the same date he wrote to the Tawana chief Sekgoma: 'I tell you th…
Let Us Die Fighting
Nyamayingi's Song
Opening ParagraphTo an outsider the most striking feature of the Konzo circumcision ritual is the songs which can be heard almost constantly from the circumcision lodges. The teaching of songs is an important part of the instruction which takes place during the ritual and in many of them a special language is used which is, to a large extent, unintelligible to a person who has not undergone the rites. In this paper I shall analyse one of the Konz…
Living with the past
Introduction'I am in the Batawana's country,' wrote the Herero chief Samuel Maharero to the British Magistrate in Tsau in Ngamiland on 28 September 1904. 'I am writing to tell you that I have been fighting with the Germans in my country; the Germans were my friends; they made me suffer so much by the manner in which they troubled me, that I fought with them...' (PRO CO 879/80). On the same date he wrote to the Tawana chief Sekgoma: 'I tell you th…
Nyamayingi's Song
Opening ParagraphTo an outsider the most striking feature of the Konzo circumcision ritual is the songs which can be heard almost constantly from the circumcision lodges. The teaching of songs is an important part of the instruction which takes place during the ritual and in many of them a special language is used which is, to a large extent, unintelligible to a person who has not undergone the rites. In this paper I shall analyse one of the Konz…
Nyamayingi's Song
Opening ParagraphTo an outsider the most striking feature of the Konzo circumcision ritual is the songs which can be heard almost constantly from the circumcision lodges. The teaching of songs is an important part of the instruction which takes place during the ritual and in many of them a special language is used which is, to a large extent, unintelligible to a person who has not undergone the rites. In this paper I shall analyse one of the Konz…
Let Us Die Fighting
Living with the past
Introduction'I am in the Batawana's country,' wrote the Herero chief Samuel Maharero to the British Magistrate in Tsau in Ngamiland on 28 September 1904. 'I am writing to tell you that I have been fighting with the Germans in my country; the Germans were my friends; they made me suffer so much by the manner in which they troubled me, that I fought with them...' (PRO CO 879/80). On the same date he wrote to the Tawana chief Sekgoma: 'I tell you th…
Crisis of the State
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (1 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (1 works)