The importance of digitizing San stories

Over the last few years, I have asked myself how we can transfer knowledge about San culture to future generations. In the past, knowledge transfer was based on actual practice, children developing ways to mimic the hunters, and also dancing. Knowledge transmission...

Where I come from

D’kar village, which has an estimated population of 2000, is located in the Ghanzi district of Western Botswana. It is very popular and famous for the settlement of the landless, marginalized and poor community of San origin (commonly known as the Naro), who have...

Hunting and gathering in Botswana

Since time immemorial, the San have claimed custodianship of their environment, using it for hunting and gathering. The environment has always been used in such a way that it was conserved. They hunt in different seasons and for different animals. When there is a...

Naro Language in Books

In D’Kar we have developed ways to document the Naro language. Naro is a dialect of San languages and is dominant in Western Botswana and Eastern Namibia. However, in D’Kar there has been developments in documentation of the Naro language. Books are...