The San People of South Africa
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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