The
San are the universally acknowledged
first people of Southern Africa. Their
hunter-gatherer society reaches back
over 27,000 years, and their genetic
origins to over one million years.
It is believed the San represents
the oldest genetic stock of contemporary
humanity. Ten
thousand years ago their vast exclusive
terrain stretched from the Zambezi
to the Cape of Good Hope, and from
the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans.
Once widespread and plentiful in numbers,
300 years ago European colonist took
away their lands and virtually wiped
them out. The San people now number
a mere 110,000 living in poverty on
the outer fringes of society. Facing
cultural extinction, they now struggle
to win back a foothold in the lands
they once owned and freely roamed.
Our
Contribution
To
this end we've ensured that the SAN
people, owners of the traditional
rights to the Hoodia plant (represented
by *WIMSA) receive a portion of the
proceeds from every Hoodia
purchase we make. We are also delighted
that WIMSA contested and recently
won their case against multinational
pharmaceutical companies seeking to
develop a drug from South African
Hoodia.
Their
Legacy
The
San believe in two gods – one associated
with life and the rising sun in the
east, and one with death and the setting
sun in the west. A belief common across
the different clans is that at some
‘early time’ people and animals were
indistinguishable and only after a
‘second creation’ did people acquire
the human qualities they have today.
Another common practice across the
clans is that of the trance dance,
a means by which shamans and healers
(both men and women) cross over to
parallel worlds in order to heal.
Knowledge
of these religious beliefs and the
role of the trance dance are important
to the understanding of their rock
art and paintings across southern
Africa. The art and its interpreters
have died out, but contrary to earlier
western notions of simple naïve art,
rock paintings are now believed to
have been representations of cosmological
and spiritual beliefs and occurrences.
South Africa’s Bongani Mountain is
rich in San rock art noted for their
uniqueness by academics in the field.
Guests on CC Africa Expedition to
the Central Kalahari also have the
opportunity to experience the art
of tracking with a San guide. Aside
from their rock art, engravings and
isolated remnant settlements, the
legacy of the San and acknowledgement
of their place in the region’s history,
is enshrined in the motto on the South
African National Coat of Arms, !ke
e: /xarra //ke, which in the /Xam
language means “diverse people unite”.
*WIMSA (Working Group of Indigenous
Minorities in Southern Africa ) was
established in 1996 at the request
of the San in South Africa, Botswana,
Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. WIMSA
was organized to provide a platform
for the people of the San communities
to address their needs and problems
and express their concerns. WIMSA
also advocates and lobby for San rights,
establish networks for information
exchange among San communities and
other concerned parties, and provide
training and advice to San communities
on matters of tourism, integrated
development projects and land tenure.
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Ten
thousand years ago their vast exclusive
terrain stretched from the Zambezi
to the Cape of Good Hope, and from
the Atlantic to the Indian Oceans.
Knowledge
of these religious beliefs and the
role of the trance dance are important
to the understanding of their rock
art and paintings across southern
Africa. The art and its interpreters
have died out, but contrary to earlier
western notions of simple naïve art,
rock paintings are now believed to
have been representations of cosmological
and spiritual beliefs and occurrences.
South Africa’s Bongani Mountain is
rich in San rock art noted for their
uniqueness by academics in the field.
