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The Bushmen of the Kalahari... by Arlindo Veríssimo

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Uploaded by on Dec 22, 2009

The Bushmen of the Kalahari
Woven within a tapestry of mystique and legend, the Bushmen have been known by many names throughout recorded history. This is an attempt to strip away some of the romantic notions and show them as a real people facing outside pressures in a very real and often harsh world. Although the most studied anthropological group in the world, there are still many misconceptions concerning them, not least of them the beliefs that they are just another African Tribe, that they are truly Nomadic (in the same manner as the Bedouin), that they all speak a common tongue and that those living in the deserts were driven there by white settlers. Many of these beliefs can be rooted in ignorance, prejudice & inaccurate observations by early settlers and explorers while many other misconceptions, although having some small underlying element of truth, are fundamentally misleading and inaccurate...

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  • Not all of these ar Bushmen.

  • @nightmoves0809 Nunca os visitei, apenas os imagino e comento o que penso.

  • excelente, 5 estrellas, OBRIGADO :-)

  • obrigado pelo comentário :)

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