by Naisa Ghauz | Oct 31, 2018 | Other, San Heritage, Tsumkwe
This is one of our ground tubers called //xukxam. You can only find it during winter. You can never find it in any other season. Most of the time you will locate the //xukxam tuber by the smell. When it is ready to be eaten it has got a very sweet and attracting smell...
by Job Morris | Sep 10, 2018 | Dekar, People, San Heritage
I have had the privilege of spending a few minutes with a young group of students who go to D’Kar Primary school. These students are San by ethnicity, and their responses to what I talked to them about were brilliant. The big question was to find out whether...
by Andre Vaalbooi | Aug 24, 2018 | Andriesvale, People, San Heritage
Food is something one can’t live without, especially when there is a family. It was hard to survive, but Bushmen have planned their life in nature: by following the tracks of the animals and the rain they could manage to make a living. Men and women were...
by Job Morris | Aug 22, 2018 | Culture, Dekar, People, San Heritage
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...
by Khwa ttu Digital Archive | Jul 23, 2018 | !Khwa ttu, History, San Heritage
!Khwa ttu is collaborating with the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford in the UK. These images are from their vast photographic collection. Maybe you can help us to find out more about those photos taken by Dorothea Bleek in the 1920s. Do you recognise...
by Job Morris | Apr 23, 2018 | Dekar, People, San Heritage
The Ostrich egg is one of the very creative and innovative inventions of the San. It was used to store drinking water. Life in the Kalahari calls for the harsh and high temperatures that demand frequent intake of liquid. The Ostrich egg can also be used to store water...
