Bushmen

The nomadic hunting and gathering peoples of the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, in Botswana, Namibia, and Angola. (See hunting and gathering societies and nomadism.)

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 8

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There are Bushmen paintings of men having sex with one another.
Why Africa’s Turning Anti-Gay|Jay Michaelson|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Bushmen, however, had left their meal, and with their bows and small poisoned arrows had gone in pursuit.
The Mission|Frederick Marryat
Have you forgotten that the Hottentot himself told us that it was the Bushmen who buried him?
Hair-Breadth Escapes|H.C. Adams
Later, when we were clear of the bushmen country, we let him depart, which he did with great rapidity.
The Ivory Child|H. Rider Haggard

One of the Bushmen took out his dice, and, after throwing them, said that God told him to go home.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
Only the Bushmen remained, whose more solitary life gave them comparative immunity from contagion.
Impressions of South Africa|James Bryce