by Tekla K | Nov 28, 2018 | Culture, People, Platfontein
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...
by Khwa ttu Digital Archive | Nov 21, 2018 | !Khwa ttu, Culture
The San used various water sources and even invented a technology to pump water out of the ground. Sip-wells were places where San sucked water through the sand using straws. These places were often situated north of salt pans, with a sand dune at their southern end....
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 Tebsanton TA | Aug 27, 2018 | Culture, Gobabis
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...
