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 | Aug 31, 2018 | Dekar, People
When you look back, the life of the San may seem hard because the environment they once lived in would seem to render their way of life impossible to have survived for centuries. But I argue that it was their lifestyle that called for innovative and creative ways to...
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 Job Morris | Aug 13, 2018 | Culture, Dekar, People
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...