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Namibia’s Red Line PalgraveSeriesinAfricanBorderlandsStudies SeriesEditors GregorDobler(FreiburgUniversity) WilliamMiles(NortheasternUniversity) PaulNugent(UniversityofEdinburgh) PublishedincooperationwiththeAfricanBorderlandsResearchNetworkandtheEuropeanScience Foundation Africanborderlandsareamongthecontinent’smostcreativeandmostrapidlychangingsocial spaces,actingastheatersofidentityformationandculturalexchange,ofviolentconflictand regionalintegration,ofeconomicgrowthandsuddenstagnation,ofstatebuildingandstate failure. Because their unique position at the margins of social and legal spaces offers more flexibilitytosocialactors,borderlandsreflectchangesonthenationallevelmorequicklyand moreradicallythanmostinlandregions.Theythusbecomehotspotsofsocialactivityand,on anacademiclevel,idealplacestostudysocial,politicalandeconomicchange.ThePalgrave SeriesinAfricanBorderlandsStudiesisthefirstseriesdedicatedtotheexplorationandthe- oretical interpretation of African borderlands. It contributes to core debates in a number of disciplines—namelypoliticalscience,geography,economics,anthropology,history,sociology andlaw—andprovidesvitalinsightsforpracticalpoliticsinborder-relatedissues,rangingfrom migrationandregionalintegrationtoconflictresolutionandpeace-building. TheAfricanBorderlandsResearchNetwork(ABORNE)isaninterdisciplinarynetworkof researchersinterestedinallaspectsofinternationalbordersandtrans-boundaryphenomenain Africa.ThenetworkhelditsinauguralmeetinginEdinburghin2007andhassincegrownto over250membersworldwide.ABORNE’scorefundingisprovidedbymembershipfeesand theResearchNetworkingProgrammeoftheEuropeanScienceFoundation. TheEuropeanScienceFoundation(ESF)wasestablishedin1974toprovideacommonplat- formforitsMemberOrganizationstoadvanceEuropeanresearchcollaborationandexplore newdirectionsforresearch.Itisanindependentorganization,ownedby78MemberOrga- nizations,whichareresearchfundingandresearchperformingorganizations,academiesand learnedsocietiesfrom30countries.ESFpromotescollaborationinresearchitself,infunding ofresearch,andinsciencepolicyactivitiesattheEuropeanlevel. PublishedbyPalgraveMacmillan: Namibia’sRedLine:TheHistoryofaVeterinaryandSettlementBorder(2012) ByGiorgioMiescher Namibia’s Red Line The History of a Veterinary and Settlement Border Giorgio Miescher namibia’sredline Copyright©GiorgioMiescher,2012 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-0-230-33748-0 Allrightsreserved. Firstpublishedin2012by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN®inthe UnitedStates—adivisionofSt.Martin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. WherethisbookisdistributedintheUK,EuropeandtherestoftheWorld, thisisbyPalgraveMacmillan,adivisionofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills, Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabove companiesandhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-34098-9 ISBN 978-1-137-11831-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137118318 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData AcataloguerecordofthebookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. DesignbyIntegraSoftwareServices Firstedition:June2012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents ListofMaps vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 TheRinderpestCordonof1896–1897 19 2 ThePoliceZoneBoundaryand“RestrictedAreas,”1905–1915 43 3 TheInventionoftheRedLine,1915–1928 69 4 TheRedLineasaVeterinaryandSettlementBorder,1928–1945 101 5 TheRedLine—FromZonetoFence,1945–1960s 137 6 InSearchoftheRedLine 177 Epilogue 199 Appendix:BriefChronologyofthePoliceZoneBorder,Key Dates,andProclamations 203 Notes 207 SourcesandBibliography 301 Index 321 This page intentionally left blank Maps 1 RoadsofNamibia(1894)andRinderpestCordon(1896/97) 24 2 Reproductionoftheoriginalmapof1907(slightlyadapted) 45 3 GeneralmapofCentralandNorthNamibia,1909 50 4 GeneralmapoftheNorthernfarmregion,1926 96 5 GeneralmapoftheNorthernfarmregion,1937 127 6 Stock-FreezoneandnewbordersinCentralandNorthNamibia, 1947 145 7 GeneralmapofCentralandNorthNamibia,1955 147 8 GeneralmapofCentralandNorthNamibia,1966 148 9 Existingandprojectedgameandlivestockfencesintheborder regions,1965 170 This page intentionally left blank Preface This book is adapted from the German manuscript “Die Rote Linie. Eine Geschichte der Veterinär- und Siedlungsgrenze in Namibia (1890er-1960er Jahre),” completed in 2009 and published in 2012 by the Basler Afrika Bibliographien in Switzerland. The book is a translation of the German manuscript I completed two years ago. But the English edition is more than a simple translation thanks to the efforts of Patricia Szobar, whose assistance has allowed me to refine my arguments even though no additional research was carriedoutandnoadditionalliteraturewasconsulted. I would like to thank the editors of this series, Gregor Dobler, William Miles, and Paul Nugent, for offering me the wonderful opportunity to make my work available to an English-speaking audience, and I would like to thank Wolfgang Zeller, the coordinator of the African Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE), for his continuous support therein. I am also extremely grateful forthegenerousfinancialsupportforthetranslationprovidedbytheFreiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel and the European Science Foundation. I also extend my thanks to my committed translator, who devoted enormous energy andpassiontothisproject,andwhosentmanydraftversionsbackandforthfor additionalcorrectionsuntiltheyachievedtheirfinalaccuracyandclarity.Thank you,PatriciaSzobar,fortheoutstandingcollaboration! CapeTown,2011
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