On the Complexity of the Urbanization Process of the Bushmen: Case Study on the !Xun in the Grootfontein Area in Namibia ****************************************************************************************** * Radek Nedvěd ****************************************************************************************** Abstrakt Although overlooked by both administrators as well as anthropologists, and numerically rat the Bushmen have been always part of the Namibian urban spaces on their erstwhile territor several field research trips to the area of Grootfontein between 2007 and 2013 and archiva this article outlines the complex historical processes and factors influencing the mobilit Bushmen into, and out of, the urban space of Grootfontein in the commercial farming area o though the mobility to its urban space was largely legally controlled during both the Germ African rule, the Bushmen continuously managed to penetrate it. With the development of th settlement in the township of Grootfontein in the early 2000s, when many Bushmen were allo the municipality, the number of !Xun in the town considerably increased and they became an the afore-mentioned settlement. This article argues that the reasons for Bushman urbanizat complex than being solely economically motivated. Klíčová slova Bushmen; !Xun; urbanization; Namibia Článek v PDF ke stažení [ URL "LM-824-version1-nedved.pdf"] Radek Nedvěd [ URL "LM-268.html "]