Happy to announce the publication of our edited volume: The Lower !Garib / Orange River. Past and Presents of a Southern African Border Region. It brings togehter research from diverse disciplines – all focused along the border region between South Africa and Namibia. My own contribution on the small irragion village of Onseepkans tells a localised histroy of white irrigation scheme and people who worked and lived on and around the village. The book is free to download.