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!kung Bushmen

!kung Bushmen. By eric thai. History.

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!kung Bushmen

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  1. !kung Bushmen By ericthai

  2. History • The San, called the Bushmen by the Dutch in South Africa, were the first people we know of in the Great Rift Valley of Africa.  They came under pressure from Cushites, then Nilotes, then Bantu peoples.  The non-aggressive hunter-gatherers often moved away or were absorbed by intermarriage, or more often were killed off.  • Some San peoples seem to be in existence now speaking the Bantu language of their dominant neighbors.  Almost all remaining San peoples now live in the desert areas of southern Africa. • The differences between the languages of the !Kung and other San indicate they have lived in their current areas for thousands of years.  Bantu immigrants began coming into southwest Africa around 1000 AD.  Europeans made contact with "Bushmen" peoples around AD1550.  As Bantu and European people moved in, the !Kung and other San retreated further into the marginal areas.

  3. Location (past and present)- • Various San, or Bushman, groups live in the desert areas of Namibia, Botswana and Angola.  The !Kung live in the Kalahari Desert of northwest Botswana, the Cuando-Cubanga Province in southeast Angola and in northeast Namibia.  The Angola !Kung live in the more tropical open woodlands.

  4. Climate • Hot deserty winds, with little amounts of water.

  5. Resources- • In the desert their basic diet is melons, seeds, nuts and antelope.

  6. Type of Economic Lifestyle • hunter/gatherer

  7. Government • the oldest wises male leads

  8. Culture • The Kung Bushmen’s culture is said to be about a 100,000 years old. Being a very nonviolent, isolated people have made the Bushmen one of the most mysterious cultures in existence.

  9. Religion/ Belief System • They believe celestial bodies (sun, moon, morning star, and the southern cross) are symbols of divinity.  They believe the praying mantis is a divine messenger and when one is seen, diviners try to determine the current message. 

  10. Culture • Ox Christmas as what we like to call it is a Christmas but since in the desert there isn’t much there so hunting and killing an meaty, tender ox to eat is tradition.

  11. Education • The oldest males teaches the boys and the woman teaches the girls

  12. Technology • They use whatever they could get their hands on. Mostly bones and animal skin.

  13. Bibliography • http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~epsadm03/kung.html • http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/bushmen.html • http://orvillejenkins.com/profiles/kung.html •  http://www.mesacc.edu/dept/d10/asb/lifeways/kalahari/kalahari.html • http://tinigenie.hubpages.com/hub/The-Kung-Bushmen-are-a-centerpiece-of-the-ancient-world

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