NAMBIA CULTURE

WAS COLONIZED BY GERMANY AND SOUTHWEST AFRICA.  SOME FOLKS OPPOSED COLONIAL RULE USED THE COASTAL DESERT FROM ACCESS BY THE SEA. MANY PEOPLE WERE DISPOSSED OF THEIR LANDS TO RESERVES ESTABLISHED FOR EACH ETHNIC GROUP.  ONLY BY 1990DID NAMBIA BECAME AN INDEPENDANT NATION.

NAMBIA LIES ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF AFRICA.  THEY HAVE MANY FISHING GROUNDS  AND A DEEP HARBOR.  THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT 1.76 MILLION FOLKS WITH  MOST FOLKS UNDER 14.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

THEY HAVE INDO EUROPEAN LAMPS ORIGINALLY NAMIBIA WAS WHERE NOMADIC HUNTERS AND GATHERES NOMADIC HUNTERS AND GATHERS NOMADIC HUNTERS AND GATHERS AND LIVESTOCK HERDERS LIVE.  AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORALISTS WHO SPEAK BANTU LANGUAGES WERE HERE IN THE 15TH AND 17TH CENTURY.  DIFFERENT GROUPS WERE LINKED BY TRADE RELATIONS..

EUROPEAN TRADERS AND CAME IN THE 1850'S .  SOME EUROPEANS GERMANS SETTLED HERE IN 1907.  SOME WORKED HER ON FARMS.  SOME NAMBIA WERE FORCED TO BE CONTRACT LABORERS.  THERE WAS DISAGREEMENT  AND REPRESSION FROM VARIOUS GROUPS IN THIS NATION.  GERMANS MIXED WITH AFRICANS.  THERE WERE VARIOUS CROSSES BETWEEN CULTURES  MIXED RACE FOR FOLKS FOR AREAS.  THEY HAD A RAPID URBAN GROWTH THAT LED TO PROBLEM IN UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT AND CRIMES.

AS AGRICULTURE GREW FROM HUNTING AND GATHERING, MILLET AND SORGUM AND BEANS, GREEN BEANS WERE EATEN WITH MILLET IN THE NORTH.  THEY EAT AND PROMOTE CATTLE BY KILLING CATTLE OR GOATS AND HOME BREWED BEER.   IN SOME CULTURES LEFT OVER MEAT IS SENT HOME WITH GUESTS.

LABOR INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE EMPLOYS 1/2 OF THE POPULATION..  MOST FARMERS RELY ON THE SMALL SCALE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES TO MAKE  ENDS MEAT. MOST OF THE FOLKS IN MAMBIA ARE BASED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THERE IS CONTROVERSY OF PRIVATE USE BY THE WEALTHY AND THE EXTENSIVE  OWNERSHIP OF LAND BY THE WHITES.

IN SMALL SCALE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IS WIDESPREAD.  THEY
HAVE HOME BREWED ALCOHOL AND FRESH MEAT  AND CRAFTS ARE SOLD.. SOME BY GOODS IN SMALL SHOPS.  THEY BY OTHER GOODS IN SMALL SHOPS.     THEY MINE DIAMONDS, GEMS, AND URANIUMS AND FISHING HAVE BEEN  THEIR ECONOMIC  MAINSTAY.  TOURISM HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY.  THEY MAINLY EXPORT TO ENGLAND , S AFRICA, AND SPAIN.

WHITE FOLKS , 7% OF THE POPULATION MOST BUSINESSES AND FARMS.  THE RURAL AREAS CLOSE KINSHIP TIES.

IN 1980'S NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS FORMED TO ASSIST THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS.  LUCKILY THE GOVERNMENT CREATED FAVORABLE GOVERNMENT CLIMATE FOR THESE GROUPS.

WEDDINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT SOCIAL EVENTS IN MAMBUQ WHERE THEY DANCE AND FEAST AND HAVE OLD TRADITIONS IN A CHURCH.  MOST HOUSES HAVE EXTENDED FAMILIES.  BABIES ARE BREAST FED  AND STAY WITH THE MOM UNTIL 2 YEARS OLD.PARENTS HAVE MUCH HELP WITH RAISING THEIR FAMILIES.  EDUCATION IS HIGHLY VALUED BUT MOST FOLKS ONLY GO THROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL BECAUSE OF EXPENSE.

HANDSHAKES ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN MOST MANIBIAN CULTURES.  A SMALL PERCENT OF THE POPULATION PRACTICES TYPICAL TRADITIONAL RELIGION., BUT MOST ARE CHRISTIAN AND LUTHERAN.  EASTER AND CHRISTMAS ARE HOLIDAYS THAT FAMILIES GET TOGETHER.

THEIR HEALTH CARE HAS STATE OF THE ART PRIVATE HOSPITALS TO CHURCH RUN CLINICS.  THEY ALSO USE TRADITIONAL HEALERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN BIOMEDICINE HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

MALARIA IS COMMON IN THE NORTH AND 10% SUFFER FROM MALNUTRITION AND 25% OF ADULTS HAVE AIDS.

MANY FOLKS CRAFT BASKETS AND SOME HAVE FORMED ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE MARKETING OF CARVINGS, ETC. TOP THE TOURIST TRADE.  SCHOOL AND CRAFTS PEOPLE PRODUCE OBJECTS FOR LOCAL USE.

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