The Famine of the dams : gender, labour and politics in colonial Ovamboland 1919-1930 / Patricia Hayes

Hayes, Patricia

The Famine of the dams : gender, labour and politics in colonial Ovamboland 1919-1930 / Patricia Hayes Namibia under South African Rule pages 117 - 148 - Oxford : James Currey, 1998, London: Villiers Publications - 30 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Footnotes

In a world tilted against them, rural women in Ovamboland briefly entered the public space during the 'famine of the dams'. They did so on a basis of division of labour endorsed by the state, on terms dictated by the state.

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