The Bushmen

by Wannenburgh, Alf; Johnson, Peter; Bannister, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9781868721832
• ISBN10: 1868721833
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

The last of the Kalahari Bushmen are slowly disappearing, drawn irrevocably into the vortex of our civilization. Aware of the urgency of the task, the author and the photographers searched deep in the Kalahari thirstlands to find those few remaining Bushmen who still lived as their forefathers had done for the past 20,000 years. Their quest led them to a people who had never tried to conquer their environment, who had, instead, remained an integral part of it. The rhythms of the traditional Bushman are the rhythms of nature. The tempo of their lives fluctuates with its changes. It is integrated in their folklore, celebrated in their rituals and enshrined in their cosmology. Thousands of years ago, our own forefathers chose the path of conquest. In a sense, the author and photographers wanted to document the alternative their ancestors had forsaken. In these gentle and resourceful people, so totally aware and at one with their environment, the photographers found much that echoed their own ideals. In trying to capture on film the Bushman and his complete integra

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	5	(2)
The 10 000-year Generation Gap	7	(4)
The Earth in Waiting	11	(11)
The Waters of Resurrection	22	(10)
The Heart of the Hunter	32	(13)
The Eternal Fire	45	(11)
Brown Hyaena in the Sun	56	(8)
Explanatory Note on Clicks	64