On Becoming a Chief in the Kaokoveld, Colonial Namibia, 1916–25
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8979405 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan-Bart Gewald (0000-0002-2399-9852, Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-42 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853711000065 |
| OpenAlex | W2096143536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
In 1916 a warlord named Oorlog – ‘war’, in Afrikaans – moved into the Kaokoveld in the far north-west of what is now Namibia, and drove off the original inhabitants. Shortly after, Oorlog was formally recognized as a chief by the newly established South African administration and elevated to the highest position of power in the Kaokoveld. This article, through investigating how Oorlog came to be elevated to this position of power, explores issues of colonial governance and personal relationships. By focusing on the micropolitics of the Kaokoveld, it emphasizes how interpersonal relationships – not bureaucratic structures – were of crucial importance in the establishment and maintenance of early colonial rule in Africa
Administration (probate law · Bureaucracy · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Corporate governance · Ethnology · Genealogy · Management · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · South African History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |