Project members Dr. Copeland, Dr. Gabie, Mr. Gewers, and Mr. Veldskoen conducted three weeks of field research across the Northern Cape. Our researchers met with over fifty Nama, Damara, and Griqua community members, musical ensembles, and musicians in Upington, Keimoes, Kakamas, Kenhardt, Pella, Reimvasmaak, Steinkopf, and Springbok.
Dressmaker and Nama cultural activist Ms. Rose Pier-Katzao explains the significance of Nama funeral clothing in an interview with Mr. Boetles Gewers at her home in Pella, NC.Nama biscuits and rooibos tea prepared by Ms. Rose Pier-Katzao of Pella, NC.Dr. Sharon Gabie, Mr. Wilard Veldskoen, and Mr. Boetles Gewers record and interview members of the Kenhardt String Orchestra in Kenhardt, NC.Dr. Sharon Gabie engages Ms. Rose Cloete in an interview at Ms. Cloete’s home in Keimoes, NC.Mr. Wilard Veldskoen and Mr. Petrus Frans share conversation while Mr. Frans’s wife and grandchildren look on in Keimoes, NC.Mr. James Bason and Mr. Abraham Katimba perform Namastap songs in front of Ms. Bason at the Bason’s home in Riemvasmaak, NC.Members of the Riemvasmaak Choir pose in their traditional Nama clothing outside the Riemvasmaak Town Hall.Mr. Abraham Katimba explains the significance of the Riemvasmaaker clothing colors of black, white, red, and green in an interview with Dr. Sharon Gabie and Mr. Wilard Veldskoen.Dr. Ian Copeland and Mr. Wilard Veldskoen take a break during field work in Riemvasmaak, NC.Dr. Lyndsey Copeland and Dr. Wilard Veldskoen pose with Arcades Band at their rehearsal studio in Steinkopf, NC.A view of a Sociable Weaver bird’s nest on the road from Keimoes to Kenhardt, NC.Dr. Lyndsey Copeland, Mr. Boetles Gewers, Dr. Sharon Gabie, and Mr. Wilard Veldskoen debrief after a long day of field work.
