The government of Botswana is relocating the last few dozen San Bushmen out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. For more than 20,000 years, the San have lived in the region as hunter-gathers. The ...

This book introduces the long history and current condition of the hunting people of southern Africa. It attempts to place the modern Bushmen, or San, in historical context and to show how they have ...

Old times -- The rewards of hard work -- The mother hill -- A beachside brawl -- The settlers -- Living in the moment -- Tsumkwe Road -- The provident environment -- The hollow tree -- Strong food -- ...

THE village of Kaudwane may be less than 300km (186 miles) from Botswana's capital, but it is a world apart from Gaborone's smart buildings and new malls. Scrawny cows roam the sandy roadside, chewing ...

After human ancestors controlled fire 400,000 to 1 million years ago, flames not only let them cook food and fend off predators, but also extended their day. A University of Utah study of Africa's ...

A reader wrote to me some time ago to object to the Mail & Guardian‘s usage of the term ”Bushmen” for Southern Africa’s first people. Kobus Faasen quoted at length from a Dutch dictionary published in ...