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Gemsbok on a dune in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

For the ǂKhomani, gemsbok play an important part in a puberty initiation ceremony for young women. During the "hokmeisie" ritual, a woman who has her first period would be painted by other, older women in the community. The young woman's face is painted to mimic a gemsbok's facial markings. Ochre is used to create a foundation, the white markings are made with ash and the black from coal. Images from this trip document the first excursions into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and were a central part of the work on oral history and mapping in the first years of research.

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park See all items with this value

Gemsbok See all items with this value

Sand dunes See all items with this value

Rites and ceremonies See all items with this value

Landscape

1997

1999

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Botswana and South Africa)

BVF41: ǂKhomani | Hugh Brody Collection - University of Cape Town Libraries, Cape Town, South Africa See all items with this value

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San (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park See all items with this value

Khomani (African people)--Botswana and South Africa--Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park See all items with this value

San (African people)--Social life and customs See all items with this value

Khomani (African people)--Social life and customs See all items with this value

Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Africa, Southern See all items with this value

Gemsbok See all items with this value

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ǂKhomani San community

Hugh Brody

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