Luregn Lenggenhager (PhD) was a post-doc at the Centre for African Studies Basel and is now at the University of Cologne. He has published on the history of militarization and conservation, transfrontier conservation and land issue in Southern Africa and has been organizing regular academic exchange programs between Namibia and Switzerland.
Martha Akawa holds a PhD in history from Universität Basel and is a senior lecturer in history, and associate dean for the School of Humanities, Society and Development at the University of Namibia.
Giorgio Miescher (PhD) is Carl Schlettwein Foundation senior lecturer and research fellow in Namibian and Southern African Studies at the Universität Basel and research associate with the University of Namibia.
Romie Vonkie Nghitevelekwa holds a PhD in anthropology from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and is a lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Namibia.
Ndidzulafhi Innocent Sinthumule is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies at the University of Johannesburg and received his PhD in environmental studies from the University of Cape Town.

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
The Lower Garib / Orange River: A Cross-border Microregion 11
Entangled Networks: Ethnicity, Mobility, and Exchange in the Lower Garib / Orange River Region in the Late 18th Century 27
The Visit of the Snake: The Storied Landscape of the Lower Garib in the mid-1830s 51
Imaginations and Constructions of Literary Spaces: The Lower Garib / Orange River Region in Literature 65
Fritz Isak (Zak) Gomaxnab Dirkse IGabaxab: Teacher and Promoter of Nama Language 79
The Enigma of the Namaqualand Trekboer 83
Permeable Borders: Configurations of whiteness and Boer Commercial Ranching in Southern Namibia 99
Swimming Upstream: From 'Poor-Whites' to 'Coloureds' along South Africa's Lower Orange River 119
Monika and Willem Basson: Farming and Living along the River 145
Onseepkans: Irrigation, Removals and Resistance in the Borderlands of Namibia and South Africa 151
Company Hegemony and Social Relations in Oranjemund: The Paterson Job Grading System and the 1970s Town Transformations 165
Understanding the Relationships between the Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park (ARTP) and Local Communities of Gamaseb Conservancy in Namibia 179
Settling in the Mining Town: An Account of Women linked to Migrant Workers in Oranjemund, Namibia 195
Anne-Marie IssaBrown Garises: Curator of the Keetmanshoop Museum 207
The Orange River Boundary and the Ongoing Border Dispute Between Namibia and South Africa 211
Contesting Control over the Namaqualand Landscape through Property 225
Rethinking River Resilience: The Lower Garib / Orange River 241
Paulus Johannes: Park ranger 261
Archaeological Space and Time along the Lower Orange River and Coast: Narratives of Gudrun Corvinus 267
Landscape Archives, Aerial Photography and Geomorphic Change along the Lower Orange River 287
The Water Quality of the Lower Orange River and its Implications on Human and River Health 297
Epilogue 315
Authors and Editors 319