Ena

I'm a 'news junkie' but this is the first I've heard about what is happening in Botswana.

"The Kalahari Bushmen are one of the world’s oldest civilizations. For 30,000 years they have carved a life out the desert in what is now Botswana.

But for the last decade the Bushmen – or San, as they are also known – have been inexorably driven from their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. In 1997 the government of Botswana began cutting off services and forcibly relocating them to camps and settlements outside the reserve."

More at:
http://tinyurl.com/8844q

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Dr.G.

Ena, the idea of "...forcibly relocating them to camps and settlements outside the reserve" makes little sense, in that one should look at the history of aboriginal people around the world to see the negative aspects that resulted from such a forced move.

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MacDoc

North American indigenes all over again.
There have been a couple of heart breaking specials on this. !!

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miguelsanchez

there was a documentary about this a while back. it's been going on for more than the last decade however, as long as the tribal conflicts of africa have been going on.

sadly, many of the bushmen have turned to drinking, drugs, and prostitution since they can no longer live their nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

IronMac

This is just part of their sad history...they're among the oldest human groups around and they've been pushed south-southwest for millenia by other groups. Even in what is one of the inhospitable places on Earth they're still not safe.

kps

Who in this world is really safe...?

The more populous we get, the worse it's going to get.

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gastonbuffet

that sucks, but if you think on other parts of Africa they chopp their heads off, well

i'll keep saying it, the world is going down the drain.

I'll tell you one thing, when "they" flush me, i'll fight it. Big time

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I just had this image of you yelling "Supersize me!"...

gastonbuffet

seriously now

to tell you the truth, i think Africa is doomed, as in most will be dead in 10 years. Scary Crazy.

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