Education and culture in Botswana

It is seldom in Botswana that voices from traditional San communities speak out about the education of their children. Mostly, formal schools are revered by the poor and illiterate as the place where their children will learn the skills they as parents feel they lack:...

The nature of San education

Acknowledging that education is not a new concept for the San, San parents, who are hunter-gatherers, share that there has been deep rooted change in the development of San education. They conclude that education for the San was, in the past, a sophisticated system of...

Vegetables for San

The San have enjoyed, and continue to enjoy to this day, food that nature provides. Some foods are balanced, tasty and enjoyable. San have the knowledge to combine different foods in order to enhance the flavour and taste. Some foods are pounded and mixed with edible...

Meat makes us happy

The most crucial part of the San diet has always been meat. Meat was and is treated as the most important part of the meal. The San know that their food may not always include meat because they hunt during different seasons of the year. Meat is an integral part of...