by Job Morris | Sep 7, 2018 | Culture, Dekar, People
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:...
by Job Morris | Sep 3, 2018 | Dekar, People
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...
by Job Morris | Jul 27, 2018 | Culture, Dekar, People
Find out about the many uses of the Wild Cucumber.
by Job Morris | Jul 4, 2018 | Dekar, People
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...
by Job Morris | Jun 25, 2018 | Dekar, History
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...