Description
1 Introduction 2 The area around the Waterberg in Herero oral tradition 3 The “oral character” of the Waterberg area 4 Interpretation 4.1 The mountain itself: Fauna, flora and natural resources 4.2 The surrounding landscape: Wells and settlements 4.3 People and cattle: A landscape of pastures 4.4 The living and the dead: Graves and ancestral land 4.5 Venues of the 1904-1908 wars: The political dimension of landscape 5 Conclusion 6 References