G/wi
Persistence Hunting by the G/wi [journal article review]
Since a healthy antelope can run many times faster than a man, it is hard to imagine a human hunter being able to run down the animal, particularly in the blazing desert sun. Yet hunters in various cultures, among them the G/wi and the !Xo of the Central Kalahari Desert, have perfected techniques for doing […]
G/wi Arrested for Hunting on their Own Land
Survival International reported on Monday that the Botswana police have arrested 21 G/wi and G//ana people because they were caught hunting on their traditional lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Last December, in an internationally watched case, the High Court of the country decided that these San people did have the right to return […]
UN Permanent Forum May Help Promote G/wi Rights to their Lands
Representatives from indigenous groups around the world converged on New York Monday for the sixth meeting of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which will last until May 24. Over 1000 delegates from indigenous communities and organizations are attending sessions at the UN headquarters; they are focusing on the rights of indigenous peoples […]
G/wi Finally Start to Go Home
This past weekend, a group of 40 San people finally returned to their homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, despite hassles two weeks ago from Botswana government officials. Police at one of the resettlement camps, where the G/wi and G//ana have been living for several years, attempted to dissuade them from returning to the […]
San Win Major Court Case
Botswana’s High Court announced its decision on December 13: the government must allow the G/wi and G//ana San people the right to return to their traditional homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. Evicting the San from their land was “unlawful and unconstitutional,” the court ruled. Furthermore, the people must have the right to gather […]
The G/wi Simply Want to Go Home
“The San Bushmen represent a 100,000 year-old culture that we should consider one of the world’s treasures,” said Desmond Tutu in a recent statement about the G/wi and G//ana people. Archbishop Tutu made his dramatic appeal on November 6 to the government of Botswana and the rest of the world to end the tragic eviction […]
The Health of Indigenous Societies in Africa [journal article review]
Many Pygmy societies of Central Africa, as well as the San in Southern Africa, suffer more than other people in their countries from health problems. A recent article in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet describes the health challenges of the two indigenous African cultures. Defining “indigenous” in the context of Africa is often a […]
G/wi Court Case To Conclude Shortly
The court case between the G/wi and G//ana people and the government of Botswana has again been delayed, this time at the request of the lawyer for the San peoples. Final oral arguments before the High Court of Botswana had been expected to start on August 28, but the written submission by the government, promised […]
Botswana Court Testimonies Conclude, with Beatings around the Bush
The lengthy court battle between the Botswana government and the G/wi and G//ana people, who want to regain their rights to live on their traditional lands, will wrap up by May 15th. Formal testimonies in the courtroom and brutal beatings in the Kalahari bush continue, as they have over the past two years, during the […]
G/wi Court Case Faces More Delays
The government of Botswana expelled the G/wi and the G//ana from their traditional desert homes several years ago, but the court case filed by the dispossessed San peoples is again facing delays. Two weeks after the resumption of the case, it is already one week behind schedule. The judges hearing the case delayed the proceedings […]
