The gods must be crazy…

The Khoikhoi and the San are division of the Khoisan ethnic group of south-western Africa. These two groups of people who can be placed archaeologically in South Africa about 25,000 BC. They were, like everyone else at that time, hunters and gatherers.

In about 18,000 BC the San-speaking hunter-gatherers, also known as Bushmen (a name now considered derogatory), lived throughout the north west region and the greater sub-continent of southern Africa. They were migratory in nature, moving around their territories in search of game and plant foods. The San people did not herd either sheep or cattle, but kept on hunting and gathering.

Please click HERE to read more about the Khoikhoi.
Click HERE to read on Wikipedia about the Bushmen also called “The San”…..and on THIS LINK link you can read more too and read about their art.
And…… The Drakensberg mountain -link has got also information about the rock art of the San.


 This 1980’s movie made by Jamie Uys, is really one of the funniest comedies I’ve ever seen… If you haven’t seen it, you’ve got a gap to close in your education! There is so much to learn from nature and the Bushmen/The San in this film…. enjoy these two short extracts…from the film. I think I’ve seen this movie about 4-5 times! I don’t think there is one single South African that hasn’t seen this movie — at least you’ve seen it once..if not more! 

 In 1983 it won the award for the category: “Most Popular film” at the Montreal World Film Festival.

This film was nominated in 1984 as the “Best foreign film” for the César Awards, France.

In 1985 it won the “Special Award” in the “Best foreign film”-category at the “Young Artists Award”.

The Gods Must Be Crazy is a film released in 1980, written and directed by Jamie Uys. Set in Botswana and South Africa, it tells the story of Xi, a Bushman of the Kalahari Desert (played by Namibian bush farmer N!xau) whose band has no knowledge of the world beyond. The film is followed by four sequels, the final three of which were made in Hong Kong.

Read HERE more about the movie …