Near death in the streets of Karibib: Famine, migrant labour and the coming of Ovambo to central Namibia

Journal of African History

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-239

  Gewald, Jan Bart ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angola; Colonial; Famine; Labour; Migration

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FAMINE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MIGRATION; REFUGEE; WAR;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 0042065213     PISSN: 00218537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021853702008381     Document Type: Article

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