Megan Biesele directs the Kalahari Peoples Fund, a US-based advocacy organization. Since the 1970s she has worked with Ju/'hoan San communities in Botswana and Namibia developing curriculum and language archives. She directed the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation at the time of Namibian Independence, and helped establish both the Nyae Nyae Village Schools Project and the Nyae Nyae Conservancy. Her publications include "Women Like Meat" The Folklore and Foraging Ideology of the Kalahari Ju/'hoan (Witwatersrand and Indiana, 1993) and Hunters and Gatherers in the Modern World (co-editor, Berghahn Books, 2000).

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Introduction: A Community History
Chapter 1. Namibia and the Nyae Nyae Region
Chapter 2. Traditional Ju/'hoan Leadership and Governance
Chapter 3. The Ju/'hoan People's Organization and Their Foundation
Chapter 4.Ju/'hoan Empowerment from Dialogue on Wildlife Issues
Chapter 5. The Lead-up to Namibian Independence in Nyae Nyae
Chapter 6. Independence: The Years of Hope
Chapter 7. The Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia
Chapter 8. The Nyae Nyae Farmers Co-operative after Independence
Chapter 9. Community-Based Natural Resource Management and Other Development Models in Nyae Nyae
Chapter 10. Nyae Nyae Conservancy Programs and the Future References Cited