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Bushmen were hunting and gathering, painting and mining copper, thousands
of years ago. They were the first people of Africa. Deadly shots with their
bows and arrows, they were, in their heyday, Lords of the Desert. They fought
extremely bravely for their land, and lost. Today, they have been reduced to an
underclass - dispossessed, despised and degraded. Just in time - one is tempted
to say, miraculously - the Mandela government saved them from extermination in
South Africa. Now, in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve, set aside
specially for them by the British in 1961, they are making their last stand,
refusing to be evicted in order to benefit mining and tourism. Sandy Gall, who
is best known for his reporting of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, has
taken up the cause of the Bushmen. His interest in their plight dates back to
the 1950s and 1960s when he was working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters;
in 1999 he visited the Central Kalahari with his daughter Michaela. His book
celebrates the culture of these unique people, many of whom have an almost
mystical bond with animals. He has portrayed many fascinating individuals who have been involved, for
good or ill, in their tragic history and their present predicament. Here, for
the first time, is the full story of the slaughter of an innocent people. The
Bushmen of Southern Africa speaks not only for the Bushmen but for the native
indigenous people of the world. It faces up to a shameful and bloodstained past
and looks at burning current issues such as human rights and the ownership and
exploitation of land. Facing up to a shameful history, this book celebrates the culture and
courage of the first people of Africa, the Bushmen, who, over the past 200
years, have been dispossessed and almost exterminated. In Botswana -
miraculously saved by the Mandela government - they are now making their last
stand.
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