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1.1 Aardvark 29

2.1 The python 40

2.2 Klaborugani, Gasigonyane, or the Eye of Kuruman 48

2.3 Tsantsabane, Sibilhong, or Blinkklip Kop 54

2.4 The portrait of Massisane, made with sibelo 55

2.5 Thulo’s house 61

2.6 ’Makhoana’s ruins and Thulo’s grave 65

2.7 ’Maghagha’s Cave 69

3.1 Imports of gunpowder into the Cape Colony 84

3.2 Graph plotting Quagga hide sales at auction in Rotterdam, 1872–88 90

4.1 Diamond dogs training at the mines 112

4.2 Sentient surveillance 113

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Gaping Holes

Towards Multispecies Histories and Ethnographies of Mining in Southern Africa

Series:  African Dynamics, Volume: 18
Cover Gaping Holes
E-Book ISBN:
9789004749320
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
10 Dec 2025
  • Subjects
    • African Studies
      • History
      • Sociology & Anthropology
    • Biology
      • Biology & Environmental Sciences
    • History
      • Environmental History
    • Social Sciences
      • African Studies
Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright Page
Dedication
Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Part 1 Pre-colonial Contexts
Chapter 1 Teaming Up with Termites: Appraising Termites’ Contributions to Earth Technologies in West Africa
Chapter 2 Into the Black Hole: Life, Death, and the Python in Central Southern Africa
Part 2 Colonial Contexts
Chapter 3 Quaggas and Diamonds: the Possible Relations between Diamond Mining and Species Extinction
Chapter 4 ‘Jaws Full of Nails’: How South Africa Invented the World’s Most Terrifying Police Dog
Part 3 Contemporary Contexts
Chapter 5 Diamonds, Animals, and Artisanal Miners: towards a Multispecies History of Diamond Mining in Chiadzwa, Zimbabwe
Chapter 6 Tracing Gold Mining and Multispecies Assemblages in Mazowe, Zimbabwe
Chapter 7 A History of the Copperbelt through Plants
Back Matter
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