‡Khomani San - Hugh Brody
University of Cape Town
The ǂKhomani San are the first people of the southern Kalahari. They lived as hunters and gatherers in the immense desert in the northwest corner of South Africa. For them, it was a land rich in wildlife, plants, trees, great sand dunes and dry riverbeds. When the ǂKhomani San share their history, they tell a story of dispossession from their lands, erasure of their way of life, and disappearance of their language. To speak of their past is to search in memory for all that was taken from them in the colonial, apartheid and post-apartheid era. But they also tell a story of reclamation and recovery of lands, language and even of memory itself. They tell a story of struggle to emerge from the losses of the past, to put in place a new story.
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UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 2008
This map of Northern Cape, South Africa (and sections of Namibia and Botswana) displays preliminary results of land usage and occupancy data derived from interviews conducted during the Cultural Resource …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1936
In 1936 Donald Bain staged a Bushmen display at the Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg. Bain trucked 77 participating Bushmen to Johannesburg. Following the success of "Bain's Bushmen" he trucked them …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1936
In 1936 Donald Bain staged a Bushmen display at the Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg. Bain trucked 77 participating Bushmen to Johannesburg. Following the success of "Bain's Bushmen" he trucked them …
UCT: University of Cape Town · 1 October 1936
In 1936 Donald Bain staged a Bushmen display at the Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg. Bain trucked 77 participating Bushmen to Johannesburg. Following the success of "Bain's Bushmen" he trucked them …
Magdalena Kassie, Antjie Kassie's daughter, conducts linguistic research for the South African San Institute (SASI). Here she is collecting data from an unidentified member of the San community. Magdalena Kassie …
Pits were originally dug for water but when these dry up, they are left uncovered and open to the elements, leaving a hole with an opening wide enough for children …
This image was included in Alfred Martin Duggan Cronin's The Bantu tribes of South Africa : reproductions of photographic studies, the outcome of his major ethnographic research study of the …
Buks Kruiper relaxing in front of his hut located between Welkom and Witdraai. Buks Kruiper was a skilled hunter and known for catching cheetah and jackals.
During one of the early research trips to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, a trip was made to two adjacent grave sites near a former settlement near Twee Rivieren. Several historically …
During the 2005 Cultural Week in the Kalahari, San community members from Botswana and South Africa were invited to make crafts and demonstrate tracking, hunting and other activities. Here, San …