Abandoning Nomadic Lifestyle Leaves the San Traumatised.
FOR the San people who live in the forests of Makhulela, about 120km west of Plumtree town in Bulilima District, the transition from abandoning their traditional life of hunting and gathering to that of cultivation and rearing livestock has left them trapped in a time-warp.
Shedding off their traditional life of hunting and embracing that of organised agriculture and rearing cattle, goats and donkeys has left the San people, known as Bushmen, a traumatised and confused people.
In Zimbabwe, small numbers can be found in Makhulela, Matabeleland South and in the Phumula area of Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North.
Shedding off their traditional life of hunting and embracing that of organised agriculture and rearing cattle, goats and donkeys has left the San people, known as Bushmen, a traumatised and confused people.
In Zimbabwe, small numbers can be found in Makhulela, Matabeleland South and in the Phumula area of Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North.
Around southern Africa, their cousins are in Namibia and Botswana.
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