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The edge of the periphery: situating the ≠Khomani San of the Southern Kalahari in the political economy of Southern Africa
Francis, Suzanne Francis, Michael Akinola, Adeoye
Francis, Suzanne
Francis, Michael
Akinola, Adeoye
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2016-04-14
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In this article, we situate the Southern Kalahari San within the
political economy of Southern Africa and within the world system.
Here we draw on and critique modernization theory as a model of
explanation for the lack of development found locally. In the Southern
Kalahari, the ≠Khomani San won a massive land claim that should
have empowered and enabled local development. Yet they remain
largely impoverished, while seeking out a meaningful life on the
edge of the capitalist world system. Within states, contradictions
remain as local diversity continues to be reproduced and modernity
itself is reproduced as local diversity. The research is premised on
empirical fieldwork conducted in the Southern Kalahari in 2013 and
supported by a series of earlier field research over the previous five
years. The San of the Southern Kalahari are not resisting modernity but
drawing on aspects of it selectively for their own vision of meaningful
development.
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Francis, S., Francis, M. & Akinola, A. (2016). The edge of the periphery: situating the ≠Khomani San of the Southern Kalahari in the political economy of Southern Africa. African Identities, 14(4), 370-383.
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Taylor & Francis
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African Identities
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in African Identities on 14/04/16, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14725843.2016.1154813
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14
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1472-5843
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1472-5851