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Front cover: the title over a drawn plan of a homestead with numbered places, a compass rose, and a woman carrying a clay pot.

Front cover

The core book · Oshiwambo

Ando okwa li ihe to shanga opo waa dhimbwe

Omuthigululwakalo gwAawambo ohela nonena

Petrus Angula Mbenzi

The life of the Aawambo, past and present. This platform is the doorway into that book.

N$350 preview price

Year: 2021
Publisher: Namtranslations Services cc, Windhoek
Printed by: Microwide Publishing Press
ISBN: 9789994552320
Illustrators: Max Shimi and Kashindi Asuiku
Language: Oshiwambo

The colophon page

Colophon page with printer, publisher, year, ISBN, and illustrators.

The doorways on this site summarise the author’s working papers. The full account is in this book. Explore the doorways.

The homestead on the cover

The homestead collection

The homestead plan from the front cover: a palisaded homestead with huts, granaries, and cattle enclosures, each place numbered. — The homestead drawn on the cover, from Ando okwa li ihe to shanga opo waa dhimbwe (2021). Illustrated by Max Shimi and Kashindi Asuiku. Clay markers are ours, not the book’s numbers; outlined markers are provisional until the author confirms them.
The main entrance Eelo / onhuThe passage on the east side of the drawing, by its compass. The source says the main gate faces east.
The meeting fire Oshinyanga / oshoto / olupaleProvisionalThe round enclosure (14 on the drawing) where a figure stands in an open meeting space. Provisional placement, to be confirmed with Professor Mbenzi against the book’s key.
The kitchen Epata / elugoProvisionalThe large enclosure (6) where women are shown seated at work with a pot. Provisional placement, to be confirmed with Professor Mbenzi against the book’s key.
The birthing hut OsakalwaProvisionalThe small hut (12) set apart behind its own curved passage. Provisional placement, to be confirmed with Professor Mbenzi against the book’s key.
The cattle kraal OshigundaThe enclosures where the drawing shows cattle and goats.