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 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...
by Naisa Ghauz | Jul 18, 2018 | Culture, History, People, Tsumkwe
A few answers that i got from people in my neighbourhood about the circle around the Sun: * It happens when someone important dies. * It is also a sign of bad luck. * When it is raining a lot in a certain area, then the circle shows that there is a lot of water. * It...
by Naisa Ghauz | Jul 6, 2018 | People, Tsumkwe
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...
by Tebsanton TA | Apr 30, 2018 | Gobabis
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...
