XXᵉ siècle
North-eastern Namibia
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The Caprivi Strip was a north-eastern Namibian region whose later colonial history differed from that of areas within the German Police Zone. The extract states that the strip was occupied in 1909 and that it had previously formed part of the Lozi state, whose heartland lay in the Barotse floodplain, now in Zambia. The chapter’s broader regional discussion places the strip within northern Namibian histories of migration, trade, and political change.
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The Caprivi Strip belonged to the northern regions treated in the chapter, alongside Kaoko, Ovambo, and Kavango. Its colonial history differed from that of the territories designated as the Police Zone for white settlement by the Germans in 1907. The extract states that direct colonial presence came with the occupation of the strip in 1909.
Before that occupation, the Caprivi Strip was connected politically and geographically to the wider Zambezi region. The passage describes it as an integral part of the Lozi state, whose heartland was in the Barotse floodplain, now located in Zambia. This connection places the strip within a regional political system extending beyond modern Namibia.
The strip also appears in discussions of riverine communities and changing boundaries. The Linyanti River later formed its southern boundary, while Yeyi communities had lived along the river before most migrated southward under pressure from the expanding Lozi kingdom around 1750.
XXᵉ siècle
North-eastern Namibia
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
The Caprivi Strip was a north-eastern Namibian region whose later colonial history differed from that of areas within the German Police Zone. The extract states that the strip was occupied in 1909 and that it had previously formed part of the Lozi state, whose heartland lay in the Barotse floodplain, now in Zambia. The chapter’s broader regional discussion places the strip within northern Namibian histories of migration, trade, and political change.
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Le récit
The Caprivi Strip belonged to the northern regions treated in the chapter, alongside Kaoko, Ovambo, and Kavango. Its colonial history differed from that of the territories designated as the Police Zone for white settlement by the Germans in 1907. The extract states that direct colonial presence came with the occupation of the strip in 1909.
Before that occupation, the Caprivi Strip was connected politically and geographically to the wider Zambezi region. The passage describes it as an integral part of the Lozi state, whose heartland was in the Barotse floodplain, now located in Zambia. This connection places the strip within a regional political system extending beyond modern Namibia.
The strip also appears in discussions of riverine communities and changing boundaries. The Linyanti River later formed its southern boundary, while Yeyi communities had lived along the river before most migrated southward under pressure from the expanding Lozi kingdom around 1750.
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