TO PRESERVE the Khoisan culture and its language, the Department of Arts and Culture has embarked on research to identify sites which are important to KhoiSan history and heritage. The research will ...
Some 22,000 years ago, they were the largest group of humans on earth: the Khoisan, a tribe of hunter-gatherers in southern Africa. Today, only about 100,000 Khoisan, who are also known as Bushmen, ...
Willem Johannes Louw with Khoisan senior chief Ishsaqua. MBOMBELA – “Our clicks bring a smile to the face. Our language is like a smiling language.” These are the words of the Southern Khoi senior ...
From the Khoisan kraal established at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, Collin Meyer fine-tunes his mouth-bow, and begins explaining passionately about the necessity to keep the indigenous Khoisan ...
The Khoesan Indigenous Women in Action (KIWIA) marked World Indigenous Day and National Women’s Day with a prayer ceremony and event at Retreat Civic Centre on Saturday 19 August. Leading the prayer ...
New genetic research reveals a large community in Southern Africa that was the largest group of humans for most of the past 150,000 years. The research indicates that the men in culture typically did ...
Cape Town – Heritage month is celebrated annually in September, and it's the perfect time to reflect on what heritage means to each of us. This year Heritage Day, celebrated on 24 September, falls on ...
In a quest to promote and preserve African culture in the ‘lost’ generation, an activist, dancer and musician had to dig deep into his pocket. “We are over-consumed by Western culture and habits at ...
In the landscape of modern Africa, they are a link to the long-ago past. They know everything about plants and animals. But their way of life —... Some 22,000 years ago, they were the largest group of ...