Nyae Nyae Development Foundation & Advocacy Files

Object Details

Collection Collaborator: McElwee, Ross; Blitz, Daniel; Bishop, John Melville; Baker, Peter; Ritchie, Claire; Young, Robert; Terry, John; Galvin, Frank; Bestall, Clifford; Gardner, Robert; Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994
Collection Creator: Marshall, John, 1932-2005
Collection Collaborator: Marshall, Lorna

Sponsor: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Collection Citation: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

Scope and Contents: Marshall's filmmaking was closely tied to his work as Director of the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia (NNDFN) during the 1980's and his continued advocacy work for Ju/'hoansi during the 1990's and early 2000's. This series contains a variety of documents relating to the programs and operations of the NNDFN (formerly known as the Ju/Wa Bushman Development Foundation, or JBDF), the Nyae Nyae Farmers' Cooperative (NNFC, formerly known as the Ju/Wa Bushman Farmers Union), and the Nyae Nyae Conservancy. Also includes government reports and files relating to a Community Development Program that Marshall proposed in 2002. Series spans 1975-2003 [BULK: 1984-2003]. Records are organized chronologically, except for a set of research binders compiled for use in fact-checking for A Kalahari Family and a proposed companion website. These research materials are found at the end of the series. Boxes 6 and 7 contains research materials that were originally compiled in binders. John Marshall and Claire Ritchie did a genealogical survey (1980-1982) in Cartons 1 and 2, which is restricted.

Collection Restrictions: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played. Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.