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dc.contributor.advisorBoonzaier, Emile
dc.contributor.authorAkuupa, Michael Uusiku
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T08:16:14Z
dc.date.available2013-03-20T08:16:14Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/149
dc.description.abstractThis thesis makes an ethnographic contribution to the anthropological debates about the contested nature of ‘culture’ as a central term in the discipline. It examines discourses as tools that create, recreate, modify and transmit culture. The research was done in the town of Rundu in Kavango region, northeastern Namibia. In attempting to understand the local notions of culture this study focused on two main events: the Independence Day celebration on 21 March 2006 and a funeral that was held earlier in the month of January. During the study two particular media through which cultural ideas are negotiated, language and clothing were observed.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Westen Capeen_US
dc.subjectNamibia
dc.subjectEthnic relations
dc.subjectLanguage and culture
dc.subjectTribes
dc.subjectSocial conditions
dc.subjectSocial life and customs
dc.titleChecking the Kulcha: Local discourse of culture in the Kavango region of Namibiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Western Capeen_US


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