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...

The amazing season

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 Ju,/’hoansi. I work as a Administrative officer and as an Assistant Librarian at the...

Save water everyday…

How important it is to use water wisely. This is Tilda Viljoen Dam. These past years, we received very little rain and because of the poor rain falls this dam’s water percentage has dropped. As we see, there is only little water. How is this affecting us, the...