Fresh perspectives on the history and societies of an under-researched Southern African border region.

The Lower !Garib, or Orange River, flows through the historical Namaqualand and since 1990 has formed the international border between Namibia and South Africa. The contributors to this volume focus on this hardly discussed stretch of the Orange River to understand the region's social history, geography, and economy. This book brings together scholars from Namibia, South Africa, and overseas, as well as the knowledge and analysis from people living in the region. In concise chapters and short portraits, they discuss the region's past and present from a variety of perspectives.

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Luregn Lenggenhager (PhD) was a post-doc at the Centre for African Studies Basel and is now at the University of Cologne. He has published on the history of militarization and conservation, transfrontier conservation and land issue in Southern Africa and has been organizing regular academic exchange programs between Namibia and Switzerland.Martha Akawa holds a PhD in history from Universität Basel and is a senior lecturer in history, and associate dean for the School of Humanities, Society and Development at the University of Namibia.Giorgio Miescher (PhD) is Carl Schlettwein Foundation senior lecturer and research fellow in Namibian and Southern African Studies at the Universität Basel and research associate with the University of Namibia.Romie Vonkie Nghitevelekwa holds a PhD in anthropology from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and is a lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Namibia.Ndidzulafhi Innocent Sinthumule is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies at the University of Johannesburg and received his PhD in environmental studies from the University of Cape Town.