Title: The world of the traditional hunters along the Kavango river
Description: Khoekhoegowab novel set in Southern Namibia at Daweb!gaos (Maltahöhe). Gossip, aided by jealousy and alcohol abuse fuel domestic violence. Denial of fatherhood and jealousy lead to wife battering and eventually incest. Abuse by a teacher forces a teenage girl to leave school. The psychological effects of domestic violence and abuse deliver this poor girl to a cruel world.
Subjects: Material culture, Mbukushu (African people), Hunting, Social life and customs, Diriku language, Mbukushu language, Diriku (African people), Wild <Motiv>, Jagd, Magie, Teenage girls, Fiction, Family violence, Nama fiction