Indigenous food of San people

The !Xun and Khwe San people are known for their wide range of plant food knowledge. In the olden days they used to gather edible plants for food in the veld. The katolo is a domesticated plant used by the !Xun and Khwe Community of Platfontein near Kimberley in the...

Ground tuber

https://khwattuarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_9138.mp4     Naisa GhauzMy name is Nǂaisa Ghauz from Namibia. I live in a small village called Tsumkwe in the North-Eastern parts of Namibia, Iam a San lady, iam from a San group called...

Food

These ground tubers are called #qo. You can only find them in some parts of Namibia and not all the San people know about them. Some see them but they do not eat them, for example people (!kung) from Tsumkwe West do not know anything about them and only people...

Wild food in my community

This is called Twoa in Ju/hoansi, mostly found in the rainy season. You will get this plant on a “wag ‘n bietjie dos”. There are two pictures: the green picture and the red picture. The green one cannot be eaten direct from harvest. First you have to cook it or put it...