/ 28 May 2015

The storyteller’s map: A journey to the land of the |Xam Bushmen

The Storyteller's Map: A Journey To The Land Of The |xam Bushmen

More than a century ago, a /Xam Bushman storyteller named //Kabbo made a map showing the places in the arid Northern Cape where he and his people lived. His language, /Xam, is now extinct, but thanks to his map, the places and stories of the people of this ancient culture have not been forgotten. 

Kevin Davie used the map to find the places where the stories of these people took place and discovered etchings and other objects left behind by //Kabbo’s people.

Click the link below to read the story:

The Storyteller’s Map