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Bushmen

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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.)

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Words nearby Bushmen

bush lot, bushman, bushman's singlet, bushmaster, bushmeat, Bushmen, Bushnell, bush oyster, bush parole, bush pig, bush pilot

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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
Their color is dark brown or black, their hair woolly, and inclined to grow in tufts, like that of the Bushmen.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
They323 regarded them with feelings similar to those that stirred Swartboy—for both dogs and Bushmen eat the insects with avidity!
Popular Adventure Tales|Mayne Reid
Nevertheless, there has been discovered, again among the Bushmen, a form of bull-roarer of an especially primitive character.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt

The painting of the Bushmen, however, is obviously neither magical nor decorative in character.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
Another well-known picture represents the way in which the Bushmen steal cattle from a Bantu tribe.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt

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