التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Camel Imports and Transport Fantasies in German Southwest Africa, 1884–1915. |
| المؤلفون: |
Kalb, Martin1 (AUTHOR) mkalb@bridgewater.edu |
| المصدر: |
South African Historical Journal. Nov2024, p1-24. 24p. 10 Illustrations. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*AFRICAN animals, *CAMELS, *WAR, *GENOCIDE, GERMAN colonies |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
NAMIBIA |
| مستخلص: |
This article focuses on the import and introduction of camels to German Southwest Africa (modern-day Namibia) in the period 1884 to 1915. It identifies, narrates, and quantifies the import of camels and explains the camel’s role in transport and warfare during the German colonial period. Gestures towards how the camel and its ‘non-German expert handlers’ were ‘unlikely agents’ in this story are part of the discussion. Arguably, centring German animal transfers can help complicate existing understandings of German imperial fantasies, shed more light on everyday colonial violence and genocide, and alert us to silences regarding non-German experts and African labourers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
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