South Africa's forgotten bushmen fight for recognition (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

South Africa's forgotten bushmen fight for recognition
Khoisan, southern Africa's first inhabitants, seek legal redress for
'injustices' and demand land rights as well as cultural protection

David Smith in Johannesburg
guardian.co.uk,
Monday 6 September 2010 19.56 BST

The first inhabitants of southern Africa are taking the government of South
Africa to court for "cultural genocide and discrimination". The Khoisan –
comprising pastoral Khoikhoi and hunter-gatherer San, or Bushmen – claim
they were dispossessed by colonialism and still lack recognition by the
democratic government.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/06/south-africa-khoisan-legal-action
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