Note on orthography

Throughout the text we include terms from a range of languages, mostly signalled by italics.

The Khoekhoegowab language spoken in ‘Etosha-Kunene’ by Nama, Damara/ǂNūkhoen, Haiǁom and ǁUbun deploys four click consonants signalled by the following symbols: | = the ‘tutting’ sound made by bringing the tongue softly down from behind the front teeth (dental click); ǁ = the clucking sound familiar in urging on a horse (lateral click); ! = a popping sound like mimicking the pulling of a cork from a wine bottle (alveolar click); ǂ = a sharp, explosive click made as the tongue is flattened and then pulled back from the palate (palatal click).

We use modern orthography for ethnic identifying terms such as omuHerero (sing.) ovaHerero (pl.), aaWambo, etc., unless when quoting directly, in which case we use the terms as written in the quoted text.