Crooks, Commuters and Chiefs: Home and Belonging in a Border Zone in Pafuri, Gaza Province, Mozambique

Connor, Teresa

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“…The borderland was situated on the edge of the Swazi and Gaza empires, which attracted a mix of slave traders, elephant poachers, and labor recruiters. In 1999 and 2000, the permeability of national and natural borders around Pafuri encouraged a vibrant informal economic and social thoroughfare, through which residents moved to visit kin, harvest natural resources, and graze cattle (Connor 2003).…”

Section: A History Of Violence: War Initiation and Sexuality In The Pafuri Borderlandmentioning

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“…Instead, policymakers homogenized community experiences and thus exposed residents to even more disruption. In recent times, land grabs have increased, particularly around the LTFCA (Connor 2003; Witter 1998). The LTFCA was informed by the 1997 Mozambican Land Law through the issue of a legal right to land users, known as a DUAT ( direito de uso e aproveitamento dos terras, or directives for the use of approved land and territories).…”

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Blurred Lines: Intersections of Ethnography and Rape in South Africa and Mozambique

Connor

2021

Anthropology and Humanism

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Summary In this article, I examine the blurred lines between my own experience of violence in South Africa and that of the women I encountered while doing fieldwork in Pafuri, Mozambique. I centralize the importance of personal insight to deal with violent sexuality and rape and argue that reflection provides meaning to the process of ethnographic fieldwork. I examine the similarities between my own experience of violence in South Africa and that of my interlocutors in Mozambique, set within a regional political system that marginalizes women's experiences in both countries. While negative experiences of rape stem from a prejudiced history, I argue that these experiences can be overcome through rebirth or initiation. In my case, this was achieved through the personal level of transformation that fieldwork produced, while for women in Pafuri, the initiation (vukhomba) of young girls translates violence into empowerment.

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Section: A History Of Violence: War Initiation and Sexuality In The Pafuri Borderlandmentioning

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Section: A History Of Violence: War Initiation and Sexuality In The Pafuri Borderlandmentioning

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Blurred Lines: Intersections of Ethnography and Rape in South Africa and Mozambique

Connor

2021

Anthropology and Humanism

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“…As a result, both commuters and goods are often transported through the parks. For example, in the Kruger National Park, mini buses regularly use park roads to transport commuters from the adjacent areas through the reserve, as this is often the shortest route (Connor, 2003 ). In addition, goods are transported daily by means of heavy vehicles to lodges and camps within the park, increasing the traffic density of the parks' roads (Rogerson, 2012 ).…”

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Mammal road‐type associations in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Common mammals do not avoid tar roads more than dirt roads

Malherbe

McIntyre

Hattingh

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Ecology and Evolution

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The majority of Africa's parks and conservation areas have a vast road network, facilitating motorized vehicle game viewing. These roads have an influence that is both road type‐ and species‐specific, on the surrounding ecosystem. Due to their higher traffic volumes, we hypothesized that tar roads and their immediate surrounds within the Kruger National Park, South Africa, are avoided to a greater extent by medium‐to‐large mammals than comparable dirt roads in the park. We systematically recorded the presence of medium‐to‐large mammal species from our vehicle, recording data at 401 tar and 369 dirt road stops in the Kruger National Park. In addition to species presence, we also estimated the proximity of animals to the road, as well as herd sizes. Our results indicate an equal likelihood of viewing the commonly recorded medium‐to‐large mammal species from both road types. The likelihood of observing larger herd sizes was also similar between tar and dirt roads for the three most commonly observed species, African elephant (Loxodonta africana), impala (Aepyceros melampus), and plains zebra (Equus quagga), and the likelihood of viewing impala and zebra close to the road also did not differ between tar and dirt roads. However, elephant was observed more often close to tar roads, compared to dirt roads. We interpreted this as the result of potentially increased woody cover associated with more water runoff in close proximity to tar roads compared with dirt roads. Our results not only have ecological significance, supporting the notion that many of the park's species are habituated to human infrastructure, but also management implications, informing park officials about the influence of road traffic and road type on wildlife distributions.

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“…These momentous historical transformations in settlement, power and authority had direct implications for families living in what became the LNP. Despite the establishments of KNP and GNP, families have lived and moved across this border region throughout the 20th century (Connors, 2003; Wolmer, 2003). Mozambiquan nationals routinely negotiated the regulations of KNP to obtain work permits in exchange for labour in KNP (Rogers, 2009).…”

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“…Similar movements across the border have also taken place in many other lineages now dominant in the LNP. Moreover, during the 17-year Mozambique civil war (1977–1994), many families from Mozambique also fled to the tribal Gazankulo homeland in South Africa or to families in Zimbabwe (Connors, 2003; Lunstrum, 2009; Rogers, 2009).…”

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Negotiating identity and heritage through authorised vernacular history, Limpopo National Park

Ekblom

Notelid

Witter

2017

Journal of Social Archaeology

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In this paper, we assess vernacular history, traditional authority and the use of heritage places as mediums for negotiating ancestry, identity, territory and belonging based on conversations, interviews and visitations to heritage places together with residents in Limpopo National Park. We explore how particular vernacular histories become dominant village history through the authorisation of traditional leaders and their lineage histories and how traditional leaders use heritage places to mediate narratives. Authorised vernacular histories are narratives about mobility and identity, but they are also localised narratives about 'home' in terms of access to resources and heritage places. We discuss how lineage histories and traditional authority are mobilised or questioned in the context of the ongoing displacement of local residents throughCorresponding author: Anneli Ekblom, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, CSD Uppsala, Uppsala University, Box 626, Uppsala 751 26, Sweden. Email: anneli.ekblom@arkeologi.uu.se resettlement programmes and make comparisons with the historical experiences of evictions in the neighbouring Kruger and Gonarezhou National Parks. We emphasise the need for residents to remain connected to and in control of heritage places; otherwise, the linkages between these places, ancestral authority, and present-day authority risk being severed.

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Crooks, Commuters and Chiefs: Home and Belonging in a Border Zone in Pafuri, Gaza Province, Mozambique

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Blurred Lines: Intersections of Ethnography and Rape in South Africa and Mozambique

Blurred Lines: Intersections of Ethnography and Rape in South Africa and Mozambique

Mammal road‐type associations in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Common mammals do not avoid tar roads more than dirt roads

Negotiating identity and heritage through authorised vernacular history, Limpopo National Park

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