by Naisa Ghauz | Dec 12, 2018 | Culture, Other, People, Tsumkwe
This ground tuber works for almost every sickness. Let me say it works like an antibiotic, but let me just mention a few things it is used for: Some women use it to terminate their pregnancies Some people use it for flu, Some women use it to ease menstrual pains or...
by Naisa Ghauz | Sep 12, 2018 | People, Tsumkwe
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...
by Naisa Ghauz | Sep 5, 2018 | Culture, Other, People, Tsumkwe
Traditionally the //ohru Plant, also known as Aloe Vera, is a very useful and important plant, and regarded as medicine world-wide. As for the San Community in Namibia in the Tsumkwe Constituency (Tsumkwe East), we use it as medicine for certain illnesses. For...
by Naisa Ghauz | Aug 29, 2018 | Culture, Other, Tsumkwe
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...
by Naisa Ghauz | Aug 6, 2018 | Culture, People, Tsumkwe
A group of Ju/hoan Men in the Tsumkwe East were sponsored by an NGO and provided with leather and some equipment to start their own business of shoemaking, by which they will be making a living. Before getting all the materials, they were trained on how to run the...